Check Environment

Verify that all required tools and dependencies are installed and correctly configured.

Steps

1. Check each required tool and report its version (or "not found"):

   Tool	Command	Minimum
   Quarto	quarto --version	>= 1.4
   uv	uv --version	any
   Python	python3 --version	>= 3.12
   R	R --version	optional
   Stata	which stata	optional
   TeX Live	pdflatex --version	optional (for PDF)
   GitHub CLI	gh --version	optional

2. Check Jupyter kernels by running uv run jupyter kernelspec list and verify:

   • python3 — required
   • ir — optional (needed for R notebooks)
   • nbstata — optional (needed for Stata notebooks)

3. Check the Python virtual environment:

   • Verify .venv/ exists
   • Run uv run python -c "import numpy; import pandas; import matplotlib; import jupytext; print('Core packages OK')" to confirm importability

4. Check nbstata configuration (if nbstata kernel is present):

   • Verify ~/.config/nbstata/nbstata.conf exists
   • Read it and check that stata_dir points to an existing directory

5. Report a structured results table:

   Tool/Check              Status    Version/Details
   ─────────────────────────────────────────────────
   Quarto                  PASS      1.6.x
   uv                      PASS      0.x.x
   Python                  PASS      3.12.x
   R                       PASS      4.x.x
   Stata                   SKIP      not found (optional)
   TeX Live                PASS      2024
   GitHub CLI              PASS      2.x.x
   Kernel: python3         PASS      installed
   Kernel: ir              PASS      installed
   Kernel: nbstata         SKIP      not installed
   .venv/                  PASS      exists
   Core Python packages    PASS      importable
   nbstata.conf            SKIP      kernel not installed
   

   Use PASS / FAIL / SKIP (SKIP for optional tools that are absent).

6. If any required check fails, provide the installation command or link to fix it.