Downloading language model in Spacy breaks in docker - docker

Question

So my docker file has the following line
RUN python -m spacy download en_core_web_sm
Which throws an error stating thinc module is not found.
So, I decided to add the following line above the previous line.
RUN pip install thinc
When I compile I get the following error.
Step 30/48 : RUN pip install thinc
---> Running in 7ba293263245
Collecting thinc
Downloading https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/25/99/e21c2a1622c193b2c93a628496fea4525a0ce93e3b47f3cb06559b6ff3ee/thinc-7.4.3.tar.gz (1.3MB)
Complete output from command python setup.py egg_info:
BLIS_COMPILER? None
WARNING: pip versions <19.3 (currently installed: 9.0.1) are unable to detect binary wheel compatibility for blis. To avoid a source install with a very long compilation time, please upgrade pip with `pip install --upgrade pip`.
If you know what you're doing and you really want to compile blis from source, please set the environment variable BLIS_REALLY_COMPILE=1.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/opt/app-root/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools/sandbox.py", line 157, in save_modules
yield saved
File "/opt/app-root/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools/sandbox.py", line 198, in setup_context
yield
File "/opt/app-root/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools/sandbox.py", line 248, in run_setup
DirectorySandbox(setup_dir).run(runner)
File "/opt/app-root/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools/sandbox.py", line 278, in run
return func()
File "/opt/app-root/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools/sandbox.py", line 246, in runner
_execfile(setup_script, ns)
File "/opt/app-root/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools/sandbox.py", line 47, in _execfile
exec(code, globals, locals)
File "/tmp/easy_install-v4oqr4r6/blis-0.7.3/setup.py", line 219, in <module>
"cython>=0.25",
SystemExit: 1
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/opt/app-root/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 1101, in run_setup
run_setup(setup_script, args)
File "/opt/app-root/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools/sandbox.py", line 251, in run_setup
raise
File "/opt/rh/rh-python36/root/usr/lib64/python3.6/contextlib.py", line 99, in __exit__
self.gen.throw(type, value, traceback)
File "/opt/app-root/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools/sandbox.py", line 198, in setup_context
yield
File "/opt/rh/rh-python36/root/usr/lib64/python3.6/contextlib.py", line 99, in __exit__
self.gen.throw(type, value, traceback)
File "/opt/app-root/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools/sandbox.py", line 169, in save_modules
saved_exc.resume()
File "/opt/app-root/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools/sandbox.py", line 144, in resume
six.reraise(type, exc, self._tb)
File "/opt/app-root/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pkg_resources/_vendor/six.py", line 685, in reraise
raise value.with_traceback(tb)
File "/opt/app-root/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools/sandbox.py", line 157, in save_modules
yield saved
File "/opt/app-root/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools/sandbox.py", line 198, in setup_context
yield
File "/opt/app-root/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools/sandbox.py", line 248, in run_setup
DirectorySandbox(setup_dir).run(runner)
File "/opt/app-root/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools/sandbox.py", line 278, in run
return func()
File "/opt/app-root/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools/sandbox.py", line 246, in runner
_execfile(setup_script, ns)
File "/opt/app-root/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools/sandbox.py", line 47, in _execfile
exec(code, globals, locals)
File "/tmp/easy_install-v4oqr4r6/blis-0.7.3/setup.py", line 219, in <module>
"cython>=0.25",
SystemExit: 1
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
File "/tmp/pip-build-_lc_0t4n/thinc/setup.py", line 276, in <module>
setup_package()
File "/tmp/pip-build-_lc_0t4n/thinc/setup.py", line 272, in setup_package
cmdclass={"build_ext": build_ext_subclass},
File "/opt/rh/rh-python36/root/usr/lib64/python3.6/distutils/core.py", line 108, in setup
_setup_distribution = dist = klass(attrs)
File "/opt/app-root/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools/dist.py", line 315, in __init__
self.fetch_build_eggs(attrs['setup_requires'])
File "/opt/app-root/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools/dist.py", line 361, in fetch_build_eggs
replace_conflicting=True,
File "/opt/app-root/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 850, in resolve
dist = best[req.key] = env.best_match(req, ws, installer)
File "/opt/app-root/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 1122, in best_match
return self.obtain(req, installer)
File "/opt/app-root/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 1134, in obtain
return installer(requirement)
File "/opt/app-root/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools/dist.py", line 429, in fetch_build_egg
return cmd.easy_install(req)
File "/opt/app-root/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 665, in easy_install
return self.install_item(spec, dist.location, tmpdir, deps)
File "/opt/app-root/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 695, in install_item
dists = self.install_eggs(spec, download, tmpdir)
File "/opt/app-root/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 876, in install_eggs
return self.build_and_install(setup_script, setup_base)
File "/opt/app-root/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 1115, in build_and_install
self.run_setup(setup_script, setup_base, args)
File "/opt/app-root/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 1103, in run_setup
raise DistutilsError("Setup script exited with %s" % (v.args[0],))
distutils.errors.DistutilsError: Setup script exited with 1
----------------------------------------
Command "python setup.py egg_info" failed with error code 1 in /tmp/pip-build-_lc_0t4n/thinc/
You are using pip version 9.0.1, however version 20.2.4 is available.
You should consider upgrading via the 'pip install --upgrade pip' command.
The image is
FROM centos/python-36-centos7

Answer 1

before you install python packages add the following line
RUN pip install --upgrade pip