updates for Docker container

home/dot_config/nvim/lua/tstarr/packer.lua

@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
 -- This file can be loaded by calling `lua require('plugins')` from your init.vim
 
+local ensure_packer = function()
+  local fn = vim.fn
+  local install_path = fn.stdpath('data')..'/site/pack/packer/start/packer.nvim'
+  if fn.empty(fn.glob(install_path)) > 0 then
+    fn.system({'git', 'clone', '--depth', '1', 'https://github.com/wbthomason/packer.nvim', install_path})
+    vim.cmd [[packadd packer.nvim]]
+    return true
+  end
+  return false
+end
+
+local packer_bootstrap = ensure_packer()
+
 return require('packer').startup(function(use)
     -- Packer can manage itself
     use 'wbthomason/packer.nvim'

resources/templates/dev_containers/Dockerfile

@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ RUN dnf install -y \
     python \
     python3 \
     python3-pip \
-    python3-tornado \ # for WebAgg matplotlib
+    python3-tornado \
+    cargo \
+    npm \
     gcc \
     gcc-c++ \
     make \
@@ -29,7 +31,6 @@ RUN dnf install -y \
 RUN dnf install -y \
     neovim
 
-
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 # general 
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