Using JupyterLab extensions with TLJH JupyterLab Build suggested

Hello I am not sure where to go with this now, tried enabling a couple extensions but received a Jupyterlab build error

Build Recommended
JupyterLab build is suggested:
@jupyterlab/plotly-extension needs to be included in build

After an attempting build I get this error:

Build Failed
Build failed with 500, please run 'jupyter lab build' on the server for full output

I tried to different build methods with the following errors

jupyterlab build

Message: 'Error in rmtree'
Arguments: ()
An error occured.
FileExistsError: [Errno 17] File exists: '/opt/tljh/user/share/jupyter/lab/staging'
See the log file for details:  /tmp/jupyterlab-debug-xcu1cdjw.log

/opt/tljh/user/share/jupyter/lab/staging$
build  index.js  linked_packages  node_modules  package.json  templates  webpack.config.js  webpack.prod.config.js  yarn.js  yarn.lock

[LabBuildApp] Building in /opt/tljh/user/share/jupyter/lab
[LabBuildApp] Node v12.8.1

[LabBuildApp] Building jupyterlab assets (build:prod:minimize)
[LabBuildApp] Traceback (most recent call last):

[LabBuildApp]   File "/opt/tljh/user/lib/python3.6/site-packages/jupyterlab/debuglog.py", line 47, in debug_logging
    yield

[LabBuildApp]   File "/opt/tljh/user/lib/python3.6/site-packages/jupyterlab/labapp.py", line 96, in start
    core_config=self.core_config)

[LabBuildApp]   File "/opt/tljh/user/lib/python3.6/site-packages/jupyterlab/commands.py", line 378, in build
    command=command, clean_staging=clean_staging)

[LabBuildApp]   File "/opt/tljh/user/lib/python3.6/site-packages/jupyterlab/commands.py", line 564, in build
    clean=clean_staging

[LabBuildApp]   File "/opt/tljh/user/lib/python3.6/site-packages/jupyterlab/commands.py", line 1010, in _populate_staging
    os.makedirs(staging)

[LabBuildApp]   File "/opt/tljh/user/lib/python3.6/os.py", line 220, in makedirs
    mkdir(name, mode)

[LabBuildApp] FileExistsError: [Errno 17] File exists: '/opt/tljh/user/share/jupyter/lab/staging'

[LabBuildApp] Exiting application: JupyterLab

**jupyterlab-build**
output
Message: 'Error in rmtree'
Arguments: ()
An error occured.
FileExistsError: [Errno 17] File exists: '/opt/tljh/user/share/jupyter/lab/staging'
See the log file for details:  /tmp/jupyterlab-debug-3onmje93.log

LabBuildApp] Building in /opt/tljh/user/share/jupyter/lab
[LabBuildApp] Node v12.8.1

[LabBuildApp] Building jupyterlab assets (build:prod:minimize)
[LabBuildApp] Traceback (most recent call last):

[LabBuildApp]   File "/opt/tljh/user/lib/python3.6/site-packages/jupyterlab/debuglog.py", line 47, in debug_logging
    yield

[LabBuildApp]   File "/opt/tljh/user/lib/python3.6/site-packages/jupyterlab/labapp.py", line 96, in start
    core_config=self.core_config)

[LabBuildApp]   File "/opt/tljh/user/lib/python3.6/site-packages/jupyterlab/commands.py", line 378, in build
    command=command, clean_staging=clean_staging)

[LabBuildApp]   File "/opt/tljh/user/lib/python3.6/site-packages/jupyterlab/commands.py", line 564, in build
    clean=clean_staging

[LabBuildApp]   File "/opt/tljh/user/lib/python3.6/site-packages/jupyterlab/commands.py", line 1010, in _populate_staging
    os.makedirs(staging)

[LabBuildApp]   File "/opt/tljh/user/lib/python3.6/os.py", line 220, in makedirs
    mkdir(name, mode)

[LabBuildApp] FileExistsError: [Errno 17] File exists: '/opt/tljh/user/share/jupyter/lab/staging'

[LabBuildApp] Exiting application: JupyterLab
(base) jupyter-bryana@rstudio-ubuntu-s-1vcpu-2gb-sfo2-01:/tmp$ cat /tmp/jupyterlab-debug-3onmje93.log
[LabBuildApp] Building in /opt/tljh/user/share/jupyter/lab
[LabBuildApp] Node v12.8.1

[LabBuildApp] Building jupyterlab assets (build:prod:minimize)
[LabBuildApp] Traceback (most recent call last):

[LabBuildApp]   File "/opt/tljh/user/lib/python3.6/site-packages/jupyterlab/debuglog.py", line 47, in debug_logging
    yield

[LabBuildApp]   File "/opt/tljh/user/lib/python3.6/site-packages/jupyterlab/labapp.py", line 96, in start
    core_config=self.core_config)

[LabBuildApp]   File "/opt/tljh/user/lib/python3.6/site-packages/jupyterlab/commands.py", line 378, in build
    command=command, clean_staging=clean_staging)

[LabBuildApp]   File "/opt/tljh/user/lib/python3.6/site-packages/jupyterlab/commands.py", line 564, in build
    clean=clean_staging

[LabBuildApp]   File "/opt/tljh/user/lib/python3.6/site-packages/jupyterlab/commands.py", line 1010, in _populate_staging
    os.makedirs(staging)

[LabBuildApp]   File "/opt/tljh/user/lib/python3.6/os.py", line 220, in makedirs
    mkdir(name, mode)

[LabBuildApp] FileExistsError: [Errno 17] File exists: '/opt/tljh/user/share/jupyter/lab/staging'

[LabBuildApp] Exiting application: JupyterLab

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@timhuff note that jupyter lab build is only relevant for jupyterlab 2 or jupyterlab 2 specific extensions you have installed. JupyterLab 3+ doesn’t need that.

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Indeed sudo -E need to be used to make changes about this, so perhaps sudo -E jupyter lab build ?

I’ll close this as a bit too outdated at this point to keep tracking in this issue. I see no concrete action point to take with regards to changing content in docs or TLJH itself at this point.