Unable to install tensorflow v1 Python package in Docker image

I am trying to install tensorflow<2.0,>=1.15 pip package during the Docker build. I am not able to build it, and I am getting this error in my terminal during the pip installation:

 > [12/12] RUN pip3 install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt:                                                                                                                     
#16 0.488 ERROR: Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement tensorflow<2.0,>=1.15 (from versions: none)                                                                
#16 0.489 ERROR: No matching distribution found for tensorflow<2.0,>=1.15

To replicate the error:

Dockerfile:

FROM python:3.7-slim-buster
RUN apt-get update
RUN apt-get install -y unzip
RUN apt-get install -y build-essential
RUN apt-get install -y python-all-dev
RUN apt-get install -y libexiv2-dev
RUN apt-get install -y libboost-python-dev
RUN apt-get install -y wget

COPY . /usr/src/app
WORKDIR /usr/src/app

ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED True
RUN pip3 install --upgrade pip
RUN pip3 install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt

requirements.txt:

tensorflow>=1.15,<2.0

I have tried to build FROM (first line in the Dockerfile) other Python versions, either 3.7 or lower, never newer. Still the same result.
I use Docker Desktop for Mac M1 version 4.3.2, Engine version 20.10.11.
When I run it on Fedora Linux, I can build it successfully.

I suspect that this can be Docker-related. There might be a difference between Docker Desktop and Docker for Linux. But I might be doing something wrong.

Have some of you folks ever encountered the same error? How did you solve this? Thanks for any tips.

Solution

Tensorflow 1.x does not support the Mac M1 chip. It is recommended to install Tensorflow >=2.5 on Mac M1

Take a look at these release notes from Mac Tensorflow:

https://github.com/apple/tensorflow_macos/releases