Merge pull request #279 from ESMValGroup/update_to_v2.8

Updates for v2.8 in basic tutorial lessons and setup

Author: rswamina

_episodes/00-introduction.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 title: "Introduction"
 teaching: 5
 exercises: 10
-compatibility: ESMValTool v2.6.0
+compatibility: ESMValTool v2.8.0
 
 questions:
 - What is ESMValTool?

_episodes/01-quickstart.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 title: "Quickstart guide"
 teaching: 2
 exercises: 8
-compatibility: ESMValTool v2.6.0
+compatibility: ESMValTool v2.8.0
 
 questions:
 
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ keypoints:
   to run ESMValTool as quickly as possible without having to go through the  
   whole tutorial"
 - "Use the `module load` command to load the ESMValTool environment, 
-  see the [installation]({{ page.root }}{% link _episodes/02-installation.md %}) 
+  see the [Installation](https://esmvalgroup.github.io/ESMValTool_Tutorial/02-installation/index.html)
   episode for more details and use `esmvaltool --help` to check the ESMValTool 
   environment"
 - "Use `esmvaltool config get_config_user` to create the ESMValTool user 
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@ keypoints:
 ---
 
 
-- {: .callout}
-
 > ## What is the purpose of the quickstart guide?
 >
 > - The purpose of the quickstart guide is to enable a user of ESMValTool to

_episodes/02-installation.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 title: "Installation"
 teaching: 10
 exercises: 10
-compatibility: ESMValTool v2.6.0
+compatibility: ESMValTool v2.8.0
 questions:
 - "What are the prerequisites for installing ESMValTool?"
 - "How do I confirm that the installation was successful?"
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ For the tutorial, we will install the complete package. Thus, to install the
 ESMValTool package, run
 
 ```bash
-mamba create --name esmvaltool esmvaltool 'python=3.10'
+mamba create --name esmvaltool esmvaltool 
 ```
 
 On MacOSX ESMValTool functionalities in Julia, NCL, and R are not supported. To install
@@ -229,10 +229,13 @@ to display the command line help.
 > > {: .bash}
 > > The version of ESMValTool installed should be displayed on the screen as:
 > > ~~~
-> > ESMValCore: 2.6.0
-> > ESMValTool: 2.6.0
+> > ESMValCore: 2.8.0
+> > ESMValTool: 2.8.0
 > > ~~~
 > > {: .output}
+> Note that on HPC servers such as JASMIN, sometimes a more recent development 
+> version may be displayed for ESMValTool, for e.g. 
+> `ESMValTool: 2.9.0.dev4+g6948d5512`
 > {: .solution}
 {: .challenge}
 

_episodes/03-configuration.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 title: "Configuration"
 teaching: 10
 exercises: 10
-compatibility: ESMValTool v2.6.0
+compatibility: ESMValTool v2.8.0
 
 questions:
 - What is the user configuration file and how should I use it?
@@ -153,10 +153,11 @@ download directory and by setting the option to download data as shown below.
 ```yaml
 # Directory for storing downloaded climate data
 download_dir: ~/climate_data
-offline: false
+search_esgf: always
 ```
 If you are working offline or do not want to download the data then set the 
-option above to `true`.
+option above to `never`. If you want to download data only when the necessary files 
+are missing at the usual location, you can set the option to `when_missing`.
 
 The ``rootpath`` specifies the directories where ESMValTool will look for input data.
 For each category, you can define either one path or several paths as a list. For example: