docker build timeout when libraries in requirements.txt or setup.py are too big

[mazhiyi]

Tried a requirements file with

transformers
sentencepiece
torch
tensorflow

and docker build failed due to timeout

Need to either fix dockerfile, or add some large libraries in the base dockerfile by default.

[mazhiyi]

Seems to be a common error and some useful posts
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/45082080/pip-unable-to-install-packages-inside-docker-container-on-mac
https://forums.docker.com/t/issue-with-installing-pip-packages-inside-a-docker-container-with-ubuntu/35107/4 (this one didn't work for me)

Basically it's about setting a correct proxy for pip install.