OSError when trying to pip install shapely inside docker container

Question

Could not find library geos_c or load any of its variants ['libgeos_c.so.1', 'libgeos_c.so']

using the python:3.5.1 image I am trying to run a container that includes among other things it installs in requirements.txt shapely. When the docker container tries to install shapely I get the above error.

RUN apt-get install libgeos-dev

was something I saw trying to search the issue but that returns unable to locate package libgeos-dev

summary:

expected conditions: including shapely in the requirements.txt file results ins shapely being installed when the docker container is built actual conditions: An error message is recieved during build Could not find library geos_c or load any of its variants ['libgeos_c.so.1', 'libgeos_c.so']

Steps to reproduce:

use docker-compose to build on

Docker-compose.yml:

app:
        build: ${APP_REPO}

Dockerfile:

FROM python:3.5.1-onbuild

Requirements.txt:

shapely

(Simplified to attempt to isolate issues.)

score 7 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 19 '19 at 08:48

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For alpine, just run following Docker command:

RUN apk add --no-cache \
gcc \
libc-dev \
geos-dev \
&& pip install shapely

This will install shapely with all the proper dependencies for geo and C related dependencies for the shapely for alpine

answered Mar 19 '19 at 08:48

Tushar Seth

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This didn't work for me with the `python:3-alpine` docker image. – Alex G Nov 21 '19 at 01:18
works with python:3.6-alpine. installing geos-dev resolves the missing dependancy during shapely installation. this is the correct solution – Gil Hiram Feb 21 '21 at 16:41
Not work for `python:10-alpine` but it works fine for `python:7-alpine` thank you – Ibram Reda May 31 '23 at 13:29

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 08 '16 at 20:30

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I found a solution from: https://github.com/calendar42/docker-python-geos/blob/master/Dockerfile

ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED 1

#### Install GEOS ####
# Inspired by: https://hub.docker.com/r/cactusbone/postgres-postgis-sfcgal/~/dockerfile/

ENV GEOS http://download.osgeo.org/geos/geos-3.5.0.tar.bz2

#TODO make PROCESSOR_COUNT dynamic
#built by docker.io, so reducing to 1. increase to match build server processor count as needed
ENV PROCESSOR_COUNT 1

WORKDIR /install-postgis

WORKDIR /install-postgis/geos
ADD $GEOS /install-postgis/geos.tar.bz2
RUN tar xf /install-postgis/geos.tar.bz2 -C /install-postgis/geos --strip-components=1
RUN ./configure && make -j $PROCESSOR_COUNT && make install
RUN ldconfig
WORKDIR /install-postgis

I copied this into my dockerfile before the line

pip install requirements.txt

and the shapely install worked.

It stalls out doing the build occasionally but the main problem was solved.

answered Sep 08 '16 at 20:30

lathomas64

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This looks correct, but I think you could also build a wheel for the package and install that. – dnephin Sep 09 '16 at 13:55
Stuff i found about wheel files when I initially looked into the problem suggested they were a windows specific thing, is this not true? – lathomas64 Sep 12 '16 at 19:28
It is not true at all. They are more common on windows because it's often harder for windows users to compile things (they don't always have the same easy access to a compiler), and pypi only includes windows wheels I believe. You can build and use wheels on linux and osx, but you have to build them for your platform. – dnephin Sep 13 '16 at 18:09

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 13 '21 at 18:20

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I had the same problem for my python application. What worked for me was the following:

FROM python:3.8-slim-buster


WORKDIR /app

COPY requirements.txt requirements.txt

RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
    libgeos-dev

RUN pip install -r requirements.txt

COPY . /app/

CMD ["python3", "app.py"]

answered Sep 13 '21 at 18:20

Ritman Cronestar

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OSError when trying to pip install shapely inside docker container

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