How to install Adafruit-GPIO library in Docker - docker

Question

I'm new to Docker, so there could be something I'm doing wrong. I'm trying to install Adafruit-GPIO in a container, but I keep getting this error and I'm not sure how to solve it. I'm building the file locally on a Windows 10 pc, using Powershell.
I'v made sure that the GCC is installed correctly and it is. I've been searching online for an answer and there isn't much to go on.
Dockerfile:
FROM balenalib/raspberry-pi-debian-python:3.7.2
RUN pip3 install --upgrade pip
RUN sudo pip3 install --upgrade setuptools
RUN sudo apt-get update && apt-get -y install gcc
RUN pip3 install adafruit-gpio
I'm expecting the file to compile and work successfully. Instead I'm getting this,
ERROR: Complete output from command /usr/local/bin/python3.7 -u -c 'import setuptools, tokenize;__file__='"'"'/tmp/pip-install-qfol0jyh/spidev/setup.py'"'"';f=getattr(tokenize, '"'"'open'"
'"', open)(__file__);code=f.read().replace('"'"'\r\n'"'"', '"'"'\n'"'"');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, '"'"'exec'"'"'))' install --record /tmp/pip-record-i37a5wvt/install-record.txt -
-single-version-externally-managed --compile:
ERROR: running install
running build
running build_ext
building 'spidev' extension
creating build
creating build/temp.linux-armv6l-3.7
gcc -pthread -Wno-unused-result -Wsign-compare -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -O3 -Wall -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python3.7m -c spidev_module.c -o build/temp.linux-armv6l-3.7/spidev_module.o
In file included from /usr/lib/gcc/arm-linux-gnueabihf/6/include-fixed/syslimits.h:7:0,
from /usr/lib/gcc/arm-linux-gnueabihf/6/include-fixed/limits.h:34,
from /usr/local/include/python3.7m/Python.h:11,
from spidev_module.c:28:
/usr/lib/gcc/arm-linux-gnueabihf/6/include-fixed/limits.h:168:61: fatal error: limits.h: No such file or directory
#include_next <limits.h> /* recurse down to the real one */
^
compilation terminated.
error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1
----------------------------------------
ERROR: Command "/usr/local/bin/python3.7 -u -c 'import setuptools, tokenize;__file__='"'"'/tmp/pip-install-qfol0jyh/spidev/setup.py'"'"';f=getattr(tokenize, '"'"'open'"'"', open)(__file__);cod
e=f.read().replace('"'"'\r\n'"'"', '"'"'\n'"'"');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, '"'"'exec'"'"'))' install --record /tmp/pip-record-i37a5wvt/install-record.txt --single-version-external
ly-managed --compile" failed with error code 1 in /tmp/pip-install-qfol0jyh/spidev/

Answer 1

Install build-essential to replace gcc could make you work, see official git.
In fact, when build some source code, always better to install build-essential because it will not only install gcc, but also some dev package. Your error fatal error: limits.h: No such file or directory just because miss these dev package.
In a word, next will works for you:
RUN sudo apt-get update && apt-get -y install build-essential