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ERROR: Could not build wheels for pyheif, which is required to install pyproject.toml-based

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**Error building pyheif package in Docker on Mac OS (works on Windows)

I'm developing a Python application using Docker with Python 3.12. The application works fine on Windows, but when trying to build it on Mac OS, I encounter an error when installing the pyheif package. The error is related to a missing header file libheif/heif.h:

error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1
build/temp.linux-aarch64-3.7/_libheif_cffi.c:570:15: fatal error: libheif/heif.h: No such file or directory

Here’s my Dockerfile:

FROM python:3.12

ENV MODE=testing

EXPOSE 8000

WORKDIR /app

COPY requirements/ ./requirements/

RUN apt-get update && \
    apt-get install -y gettext libheif-dev && \
    pip3 install --upgrade pip

RUN pip3 install -r requirements/development.txt

RUN mkdir media && mkdir basemod && mkdir main && mkdir templates && mkdir static && mkdir config && mkdir locale && mkdir logs

COPY manage.py ./
COPY secrets.json ./

CMD ["python", "manage.py", "runserver", "0.0.0.0:8000"]

I've already tried the following:

  1. Ensured the libheif-dev package is installed in the Docker image.
  2. Checked that libheif is available via Homebrew on Mac by running brew install libheif.
  3. Verified that I have the latest Xcode command-line tools with xcode-select --install.

This works perfectly on Windows but fails on Mac OS. How can I resolve the issue with the missing libheif/heif.h on Mac in Docker? Any suggestions would be appreciated!

Make sure to adapt this post to include any further specific details about your setup if needed!

Solution

  • as damp1113 said install libheif first.

    For macOS:

    1. Install dependencies with Homebrew

      brew install cmake make pkg-config x265 libde265 libjpeg libtool

    2. Configure and build project (--preset argument needs CMake >= 3.21):

      cd build
cmake --preset=release ..
./configure
make

    https://github.com/strukturag/libheif?tab=readme-ov-file#macos

    For mac in Docker: https://github.com/carsales/pyheif/issues/47#issuecomment-899575287