bebop_setup_kit

User-space setup for working with .Rmd, .qmd, and .ipynb files on Argonne's Bebop cluster via VSCode Remote-SSH.

Installs into your $HOME only — no admin required:

• conda-forge R 4.5 with full graphics stack (Cairo, png, svglite, ragg, httpgd)
• Python 3 + Jupyter + IRkernel
• Quarto 1.9.38 (renders both .qmd and .Rmd)
• VSCode Machine settings + extensions (reditorsupport.r, quarto.quarto, ms-toolsai.jupyter) for inline plots, Workspace Viewer, kernel pickers

Quick start

ssh bebop
git clone https://github.com/jozik/bebop_setup_kit.git ~/bebop_setup_kit
cd ~/bebop_setup_kit
bash setup_bebop_env.sh

Then open VSCode locally → Remote-SSH to bebop → reload window → follow SETUP.md §3 to verify the GUI workflows.

Files

• SETUP.md — full walkthrough (prerequisites, install, VSCode verification, daily cheat sheet, troubleshooting)
• setup_bebop_env.sh — idempotent shell installer
• merge_vscode_settings.py — JSON merger for ~/.vscode-server/data/Machine/settings.json (invoked by the shell script)
• test/ — smoke.qmd, smoke.Rmd, smoke.ipynb for verifying the install end-to-end

Questions

jozik@anl.gov