title: How to install pyarrow on an Alpine Docker image?
body: <p>I am trying to install pyarrow using pip in my alpine docker image, but pip is unable to find the package.</p>
  <p>I'm using the following Dockerfile:</p>
  <pre><code>FROM python:3.6-alpine3.7
  
  RUN apk add --no-cache musl-dev linux-headers g++
  
  RUN pip install pyarrow
  </code></pre>
  <p>output:</p>
  <pre><code>Sending build context to Docker daemon  4.096kB
  Step 1/3 : FROM python:3.6-alpine3.7
  3.6-alpine3.7: Pulling from library/python
  ff3a5c916c92: Pull complete
  471170bb1257: Pull complete
  d487cc70216e: Pull complete
  9358b3ca3321: Pull complete
  78b9945f52f1: Pull complete
  Digest: 
  sha256:10bd7a59cfac2a784bedd1e6d89887995559f00b61f005a101845ed736bed779
  Status: Downloaded newer image for python:3.6-alpine3.7
  ---&gt; 4b00a94b6f26
  Step 2/3 : RUN apk add --no-cache musl-dev linux-headers g++
  ---&gt; Running in d024d0b961a6
  fetch http://dl-
  cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.7/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
  fetch http://dl-
  cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.7/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
  (1/18) Upgrading musl (1.1.18-r2 -&gt; 1.1.18-r3)
  (2/18) Installing libgcc (6.4.0-r5)
  (3/18) Installing libstdc++ (6.4.0-r5)
  (4/18) Installing binutils-libs (2.28-r3)
  (5/18) Installing binutils (2.28-r3)
  (6/18) Installing gmp (6.1.2-r1)
  (7/18) Installing isl (0.18-r0)
  (8/18) Installing libgomp (6.4.0-r5)
  (9/18) Installing libatomic (6.4.0-r5)
  (10/18) Installing pkgconf (1.3.10-r0)
  (11/18) Installing mpfr3 (3.1.5-r1)
  (12/18) Installing mpc1 (1.0.3-r1)
  (13/18) Installing gcc (6.4.0-r5)
  (14/18) Installing musl-dev (1.1.18-r3)
  (15/18) Installing libc-dev (0.7.1-r0)
  (16/18) Installing g++ (6.4.0-r5)
  (17/18) Upgrading musl-utils (1.1.18-r2 -&gt; 1.1.18-r3)
  (18/18) Installing linux-headers (4.4.6-r2)
  Executing busybox-1.27.2-r7.trigger
  OK: 190 MiB in 51 packages
  Removing intermediate container d024d0b961a6
  ---&gt; 8039ae62bbe7
  Step 3/3 : RUN pip install pyarrow
  ---&gt; Running in ecd1d7bc630c
  Collecting pyarrow
   Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement pyarrow (from 
   versions: )
  No matching distribution found for pyarrow
  The command '/bin/sh -c pip install pyarrow' returned a non-zero code: 1
  </code></pre>
  <p>Has anyone community able to install pyarrow in alpine container?</p>