# Creating egg-info failing in Docker Container

**URL:** <https://discuss.python.org/t/creating-egg-info-failing-in-docker-container/10195>\
**Category:** Packaging\
**Tags:** help\
**Created:** [August 17, 2021, 6:07pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/creating-egg-info-failing-in-docker-container/10195 "2021-08-17T18:07:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![igloodan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discuss.python.org/igloodan/32/4749_2.png) [@igloodan](https://discuss.python.org/u/igloodan)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2021, 6:07pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/creating-egg-info-failing-in-docker-container/10195/1 "2021-08-17T18:07:33Z")

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Hello everyone,

I’ve been tearing my hair out for a few hours over this and I don’t seem to be getting anywhere. I’ve got a Python package with a file which imports this carries out some useful work as per the design of the package. I don’t **need** the setup.py file right now as I’m not packaging this but I would like to get this working for when the codebase hopefully expands in the future, all I need from `setup.py` at the moment is for the dependencies to be installed!

My `setup.py` file is as below…

```auto
import setuptools

with open("README.md", "r", encoding="utf-8") as file:
    long_description = file.read()

setuptools.setup(
    name="appName",
    version="0.0.1",
    author="myName",
    author_email="myEmail",
    description="appDescription",
    long_description="test",
    #long_description=long_description,
    long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
    url="myUrl",
    packages=setuptools.find_packages(),
    classifiers=[
        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
        "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
        "Operating System :: OS Independent",
    ],
    python_requires='>=3.8',
    install_requires=[
        'BAC0 @ git+https://github.com/ChristianTremblay/BAC0.git@develop',
        'bacpypes>=0.18.3',     
        'requests>=2.25.1',
        'pytest>=6.2.4',
        'pytz>=2021.1',
        'PyYAML>=5.3.1'       
    ]
)

```

One of the commands in my dockerfile is…

```auto
RUN python setup.py install

```

…but I always get an error when it’s running through the setup.py/setuptools process, which is as below…

```auto
Step 5/6 : RUN python setup.py install
 ---> Running in 27e35f2300ab
running install
running bdist_egg
running egg_info
creating bmsapiconn.egg-info
error: [Errno 1] Operation not permitted
The command '/bin/sh -c python setup.py install' returned a non-zero code: 1

```

I’ve tried various different versions of Docker, Python and even implementing a venv in the container but I just cannot get this to proceed through the setuptools process. The `python setup.py install` works fine on my machine but it just will not work in the container.  
I had convinced myself that this was working a few weeks ago but now I don’t even know which way is up with getting this working!

Can anyone point anything obvious out or ask any relevant questions which might help?

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![jwodder](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discuss.python.org/jwodder/32/236_2.png) [@jwodder](https://discuss.python.org/u/jwodder)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2021, 6:20pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/creating-egg-info-failing-in-docker-container/10195/2 "2021-08-17T18:20:37Z")

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Is the “`python setup.py install`” command running as a non-root user? (That shouldn’t make a difference if you were using a virtualenv, but…) Can you paste your entire Dockerfile?

Also, note that “`setup.py install`” is deprecated to some extent; the modern equivalent is “`pip install .`”. Does using that command instead work?

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**Author:** ![igloodan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discuss.python.org/igloodan/32/4749_2.png) [@igloodan](https://discuss.python.org/u/igloodan)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2021, 6:43pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/creating-egg-info-failing-in-docker-container/10195/3 "2021-08-17T18:43:42Z")

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John,

Thanks for getting back to me so quickly!

I’m not setting any users in the dockerfile, am I correct in thinking that means everything will run as root?

This is my dockerfile…

```auto
FROM python:3.9-slim
COPY ./ /bmsapiconn/

WORKDIR /bmsapiconn

RUN echo 'CONFIG_DIR="bmsapiconn/config"\n\
INITIALISED="${CONFIG_DIR}/.initialised"\n\
\n\
if [! -f ${INITIALISED}]; then\n\
    cp -r $CONFIG_DIR/default/* $CONFIG_DIR/\n\
    touch ${INITIALISED}\n\
fi\n\
python ./bmsapiconn/BMSAPIConnector.py\n\
'\
>> start_connector.sh && chmod +x start_connector.sh
RUN python setup.py install
CMD "./start_connector.sh"
#CMD ["bin/sh", "ls -la"]

```

If I change the `RUN python setup.py install` line to `RUN pip install .` then I get the below…

```auto
Step 5/6 : RUN pip install .
 ---> Running in be1c513ed972
Processing /bmsapiconn
  DEPRECATION: A future pip version will change local packages to be built in-place without first copying to a temporary directory. We recommend you use --use-feature=in-tree-build to test your packages with this new behavior before it becomes the default.
   pip 21.3 will remove support for this functionality. You can find discussion regarding this at https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/7555.
ERROR: Could not install packages due to an OSError: [('/bmsapiconn/README.md', '/tmp/pip-req-build-pd5pclfm/README.md', '[Errno 1] Operation not permitted'), ('/bmsapiconn/setup.py', '/tmp/pip-req-build-pd5pclfm/setup.py', '[Errno 1] Operation not permitted'), ('/bmsapiconn/.dockerignore', '/tmp/pip-req-build-pd5pclfm/.dockerignore', '[Errno 1] Operation not permitted'), ('/bmsapiconn/docker/dockerfile', '/tmp/pip-req-build-pd5pclfm/docker/dockerfile', '[Errno 1] Operation not permitted'), ('/bmsapiconn/docker', '/tmp/pip-req-build-pd5pclfm/docker', '[Errno 1] Operation not permitted'), ('/bmsapiconn/LICENSE', '/tmp/pip-req-build-pd5pclfm/LICENSE', '[Errno 1] Operation not permitted'), ('/bmsapiconn/bmsapiconn/BMSAPIConnector.py', '/tmp/pip-req-build-pd5pclfm/bmsapiconn/BMSAPIConnector.py', '[Errno 1] Operation not permitted'), ('/bmsapiconn/bmsapiconn/config/default/config.yaml', '/tmp/pip-req-build-pd5pclfm/bmsapiconn/config/default/config.yaml', '[Errno 1] Operation not permitted'), ('/bmsapiconn/bmsapiconn/config/default', '/tmp/pip-req-build-pd5pclfm/bmsapiconn/config/default', '[Errno 1] Operation not permitted'), ('/bmsapiconn/bmsapiconn/config', '/tmp/pip-req-build-pd5pclfm/bmsapiconn/config', '[Errno 1] Operation not permitted'), ('/bmsapiconn/bmsapiconn/connector/connector_service.py', '/tmp/pip-req-build-pd5pclfm/bmsapiconn/connector/connector_service.py', '[Errno 1] Operation not permitted'), ('/bmsapiconn/bmsapiconn/connector/ __init__.py', '/tmp/pip-req-build-pd5pclfm/bmsapiconn/connector/ __init__.py', '[Errno 1] Operation not permitted'), ('/bmsapiconn/bmsapiconn/connector', '/tmp/pip-req-build-pd5pclfm/bmsapiconn/connector', '[Errno 1] Operation not permitted'), ('/bmsapiconn/bmsapiconn/bms/protocols/bacnet.py', '/tmp/pip-req-build-pd5pclfm/bmsapiconn/bms/protocols/bacnet.py', '[Errno 1] Operation not permitted'), ('/bmsapiconn/bmsapiconn/bms/protocols/ __init__.py', '/tmp/pip-req-build-pd5pclfm/bmsapiconn/bms/protocols/ __init__.py', '[Errno 1] Operation not permitted'), ('/bmsapiconn/bmsapiconn/bms/protocols', '/tmp/pip-req-build-pd5pclfm/bmsapiconn/bms/protocols', '[Errno 1] Operation not permitted'), ('/bmsapiconn/bmsapiconn/bms', '/tmp/pip-req-build-pd5pclfm/bmsapiconn/bms', '[Errno 1] Operation not permitted'), ('/bmsapiconn/bmsapiconn/api/endpoints/open_weather_map.py', '/tmp/pip-req-build-pd5pclfm/bmsapiconn/api/endpoints/open_weather_map.py', '[Errno 1] Operation not permitted'), ('/bmsapiconn/bmsapiconn/api/endpoints/carbon_intensity.py', '/tmp/pip-req-build-pd5pclfm/bmsapiconn/api/endpoints/carbon_intensity.py', '[Errno 1] Operation not permitted'), ('/bmsapiconn/bmsapiconn/api/endpoints/ __init__.py', '/tmp/pip-req-build-pd5pclfm/bmsapiconn/api/endpoints/ __init__.py', '[Errno 1] Operation not permitted'), ('/bmsapiconn/bmsapiconn/api/endpoints/octopus_energy.py', '/tmp/pip-req-build-pd5pclfm/bmsapiconn/api/endpoints/octopus_energy.py', '[Errno 1] Operation not permitted'), ('/bmsapiconn/bmsapiconn/api/endpoints', '/tmp/pip-req-build-pd5pclfm/bmsapiconn/api/endpoints', '[Errno 1] Operation not permitted'), ('/bmsapiconn/bmsapiconn/api/common/common.py', '/tmp/pip-req-build-pd5pclfm/bmsapiconn/api/common/common.py', '[Errno 1] Operation not permitted'), ('/bmsapiconn/bmsapiconn/api/common/ __init__.py', '/tmp/pip-req-build-pd5pclfm/bmsapiconn/api/common/ __init__.py', '[Errno 1] Operation not permitted'), ('/bmsapiconn/bmsapiconn/api/common', '/tmp/pip-req-build-pd5pclfm/bmsapiconn/api/common', '[Errno 1] Operation not permitted'), ('/bmsapiconn/bmsapiconn/api/ __init__.py', '/tmp/pip-req-build-pd5pclfm/bmsapiconn/api/ __init__.py', '[Errno 1] Operation not permitted'), ('/bmsapiconn/bmsapiconn/api', '/tmp/pip-req-build-pd5pclfm/bmsapiconn/api', '[Errno 1] Operation not permitted'), ('/bmsapiconn/bmsapiconn/ __init__.py', '/tmp/pip-req-build-pd5pclfm/bmsapiconn/ __init__.py', '[Errno 1] Operation not permitted'), ('/bmsapiconn/bmsapiconn', '/tmp/pip-req-build-pd5pclfm/bmsapiconn', '[Errno 1] Operation not permitted'), ('/bmsapiconn/start_connector.sh', '/tmp/pip-req-build-pd5pclfm/start_connector.sh', '[Errno 1] Operation not permitted'), ('/bmsapiconn', '/tmp/pip-req-build-pd5pclfm', '[Errno 1] Operation not permitted')]

The command '/bin/sh -c pip install .' returned a non-zero code: 1

```

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**Author:** ![jwodder](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discuss.python.org/jwodder/32/236_2.png) [@jwodder](https://discuss.python.org/u/jwodder)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2021, 7:07pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/creating-egg-info-failing-in-docker-container/10195/4 "2021-08-17T19:07:24Z")

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Yes, most Docker images (including the `python` images) use the root user by default.

If I use that Dockerfile to build an image for one of my own Python projects, everything works out fine, even if I copy the `install_requires` from your `setup.py`. The only thing I see that might be the source of the problem is if root somehow doesn’t have permission to read your `README.md`, but I’m not sure how that could happen. Can you paste the permissions on your project directory as shown by `ls -l`? Do you have a repository on GitHub or similar where all the code for this project can be found?

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**Author:** ![igloodan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discuss.python.org/igloodan/32/4749_2.png) [@igloodan](https://discuss.python.org/u/igloodan)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2021, 8:22pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/creating-egg-info-failing-in-docker-container/10195/5 "2021-08-17T20:22:46Z")

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That’s really promising and frustrating at the same time! 🤣

The error when using `RUN pip install .` looks to be failing for all file operations but I take on board what you say about the permissions to read `README.md`.

Thanks for your suggestions and efforts so far, I’ll check out the folder permissions in the morning and get something posted up.

Thanks again.

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**Author:** ![igloodan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discuss.python.org/igloodan/32/4749_2.png) [@igloodan](https://discuss.python.org/u/igloodan)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2021, 8:58am UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/creating-egg-info-failing-in-docker-container/10195/6 "2021-08-18T08:58:36Z")

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I’ve had a good look around the file structure and absolutely every directory/file is owned by root and in the root group. The `ls -la` result for the project structure, in the container is as below…

```auto
root@680ef6d6889a:/bmsapiconn/bmsapiconn# ls -la
total 32
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 Aug 4 14:38 .
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4096 Aug 18 08:52 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 714 Jul 30 11:33 BMSAPIConnector.py
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 57 Jul 30 09:55 __init__.py
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Jun 25 14:50 api
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jul 23 10:32 bms
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Aug 17 17:11 config
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 22 16:03 connector

```

I’ve since tried adding `--use-feature=in-tree-build` to the `pip install .` command with no luck.  
Also, I’ve tried commenting out the two "long description lines from the dockerfile.

The error when running `RUN pip install --use-feature=in-tree-build .` is…

```auto
    ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1:
     command: /usr/local/bin/python -c 'import io, os, sys, setuptools, tokenize; sys.argv[0] = '"'"'/bmsapiconn/setup.py'"'"'; __file__ ='"'"'/bmsapiconn/setup.py'"'"';f = getattr(tokenize, '"'"'open'"'"', open)( __file__ ) if os.path.exists( __file__ ) else io.StringIO('"'"'from setuptools import setup; setup()'"'"');code = f.read().replace('"'"'\r\n'"'"', '"'"'\n'"'"');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__ , '"'"'exec'"'"'))' egg_info --egg-base /tmp/pip-pip-egg-info-7b1c1i0f
         cwd: /bmsapiconn/
    Complete output (3 lines):
    running egg_info
    creating /tmp/pip-pip-egg-info-7b1c1i0f/bmsapiconn.egg-info
    error: [Errno 1] Operation not permitted
    ----------------------------------------
WARNING: Discarding file:///bmsapiconn. Command errored out with exit status 1: python setup.py egg_info Check the logs for full command output.
ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1: python setup.py egg_info Check the logs for full command output.

```

I’m weary of publishing this publicly as it’s related to a university assignment and I don’t want to court any risks of being accused of plagiarism, with my own code! Rest assured that this problem isn’t directly associated with the core assignment so this isn’t a request for help with an assignment per se.

I’m just about to try this out on a different (more powerful) machine, to see if it’s related to the Raspberry Pi host!

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![igloodan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discuss.python.org/igloodan/32/4749_2.png) [@igloodan](https://discuss.python.org/u/igloodan)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2021, 10:36am UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/creating-egg-info-failing-in-docker-container/10195/8 "2021-08-18T10:36:03Z")

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The same dockerfile runs fine on a different (Ubuntu) host, as previously verified by @jwodder, so I can only assume that the problem was something with the host.

I tried `apt remove --purge docker-ce docker-ce-cli dockerd.io` follwed by a re-install on the Raspberry Pi but I still didn’t have any luck!