When we build a Python application Docker image using the requirements.txt file we may get the error message like this
Processing /private/var/folders/sy/f16zz6x50xz3113nwtb9bvq00000gp/T/abs_477u68wvzm/croot/certifi_1671487773341/work/certifi
ERROR: Could not install packages due to an OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: ‘/private/var/folders/sy/f16zz6x50xz3113nwtb9bvq00000gp/T/abs_477u68wvzm/croot/certifi_1671487773341/work/certifi’
Cause
The requirements.tx file contains the following line
certifi @ file:///private/var/folders/sy/f16zz6x50xz3113nwtb9bvq00000gp/T/abs_477u68wvzm/croot/certifi_1671487773341/work/certifi
Solution
Comment out the line in the requirements.txt file with a hash
# certifi @ file:///private/var/folders/sy/f16zz6x50xz3113nwtb9bvq00000gp/T/abs_477u68wvzm/croot/certifi_1671487773341/work/certifi
If you regenerate the requirements.txt file with thepip freeze > requirements.txt
command, make sure to comment the line out again before you build the next Docker image of your Python application.