Use an environment.yml file for python packages

Dockerfile

@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@ COPY qgis.desktop ${DESKTOP_FILES_DIR}/qgis.desktop
 
 COPY qgis.xml ${MIME_FILES_DIR}/qgis.xml
 
-# Pin jupyterhub and pydantic to older version
-# because of https://github.com/NASA-IMPACT/veda-jupyterhub/issues/52#issuecomment-2277453902
-RUN python -m pip install --no-cache "jupyterhub<5.0.0" "pydantic<2.0"
-RUN python -m pip install --no-cache jupyter-remote-desktop-proxy
-RUN python -m pip install --no-cache git+https://github.com/sunu/jupyter-remote-qgis-proxy@baf0d373c2f965a60bc6fe038bb04cacc8df8cf5
+COPY environment.yml /tmp/environment.yml
+RUN mamba env update -f /tmp/environment.yml && \
+    mamba clean -a

environment.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+channels:
+  - conda-forge
+
+dependencies:
+  - pip
+  - nbgitpuller
+  - pip:
+    - jupyter-remote-desktop-proxy
+    # Pin jupyterhub and pydantic to older version
+    # because of https://github.com/NASA-IMPACT/veda-jupyterhub/issues/52#issuecomment-2277453902
+    - jupyterhub<5.0.0
+    - pydantic<2
+    - git+https://github.com/sunu/jupyter-remote-qgis-proxy@baf0d373c2f965a60bc6fe038bb04cacc8df8cf5

setup-scripts/setup-linux-desktop.bash

@@ -35,14 +35,5 @@ apt-get install -qq --yes -t 'o=LP-PPA-mozillateam' --yes firefox
 # Cleanup apt-get update side effects
 rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
-# Install packages required for linux desktop VPN setup to work
-# websockify and jupyter-server-proxy available from conda-forge, but
-# jupyter-remote-desktop-proxy is not.
-# Temporarily install nbgitpuller too, while we work on getting it upstream
-mamba install -c conda-forge --yes \
-      websockify \
-      jupyter-server-proxy \
-      nbgitpuller
-
 fix-permissions "${CONDA_DIR}"
 fix-permissions "/home/${NB_USER}"