update .gitignore to exclude .history directory; enhance Dockerfile to install Quarto based on architecture and verify installation

Author: cyu12

.gitignore

@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@ docs/
 /.quarto/
 _site/
 .DS_Store
-venv/
+venv/
+.history/

dockerfile

@@ -5,11 +5,25 @@ FROM python:3.10-slim
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
     curl \
     git \
+    wget \ 
+    gdebi-core \ 
     && apt-get clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
-# Install Quarto
-RUN curl -fsSL https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/releases/download/v1.2.313/quarto-1.2.313-linux-amd64.tar.gz | tar -xz -C /opt \
-    && ln -s /opt/quarto-1.2.313/bin/quarto /usr/local/bin/quarto
+# Set architecture-specific Quarto URL
+# This runs at build time to determine the architecture and download the correct Quarto package.
+RUN ARCH=$(uname -m) && \
+    if [ "$(uname -m)" = "x86_64" ]; then \
+        ARCH="amd64"; \
+        elif [ "$(uname -m)" = "arm64" ] || [ "$(uname -m)" = "aarch64" ]; then \
+        ARCH="arm64"; \
+    else \
+        echo "Unsupported architecture"; exit 1; \
+    fi && \
+    curl -fsSL https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/releases/download/v1.7.6/quarto-1.7.6-linux-${ARCH}.tar.gz | tar -xz -C /opt \
+    && ln -s /opt/quarto-1.7.6/bin/quarto /usr/local/bin/quarto
+
+# Verify Quarto installation
+RUN quarto --version
 
 # Define an argument for the working directory
 ARG WORKDIR=/workspaces/hds_stats_foundations