Running aider on Mac M1 in docker with ollama

[pavelpp]

Issue

Is this command supposed to work?

docker run -it --user $(id -u):$(id -g) -e OLLAMA_API_BASE=http://127.0.0.1:11434 --volume $(pwd):/app paulgauthier/aider-full --model ollama_chat/qwen2.5-coder:14b --message "write a hello world python program" --yes

I'm getting an error:

# Uncaught PermissionError in pathlib.py line 1175

Aider version: 0.72.3
Python version: 3.10.16
Platform: Linux-5.10.104-linuxkit-aarch64-with-glibc2.36
Python implementation: CPython
Virtual environment: Yes
OS: Linux 5.10.104-linuxkit (64bit)
Git version: git version 2.39.5

An uncaught exception occurred:


Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "pathlib.py", line 1175, in mkdir
    self._accessor.mkdir(self, mode)
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/.aider/caches'

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "aider", line 8, in <module>
    sys.exit(main())
  File "main.py", line 712, in main
    check_version(io, verbose=args.verbose)
  File "versioncheck.py", line 94, in check_version
    VERSION_CHECK_FNAME.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
  File "pathlib.py", line 1179, in mkdir
    self.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
  File "pathlib.py", line 1175, in mkdir
    self._accessor.mkdir(self, mode)
PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/.aider'



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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/pathlib.py", line 1175, in mkdir
    self._accessor.mkdir(self, mode)
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/.aider/caches'

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/venv/bin/aider", line 8, in <module>
    sys.exit(main())
  File "/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/aider/main.py", line 712, in main
    check_version(io, verbose=args.verbose)
  File "/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/aider/versioncheck.py", line 94, in check_version
    VERSION_CHECK_FNAME.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/pathlib.py", line 1179, in mkdir
    self.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/pathlib.py", line 1175, in mkdir
    self._accessor.mkdir(self, mode)
PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/.aider'

Version and model info

Aider: aider 0.72.3 (paulgauthier/aider-full:latest)

[pavelpp]

Running docker run -it --user $(id -u):$(id -g) -e OLLAMA_API_BASE=http://127.0.0.1:11434 --volume $(pwd):/app paulgauthier/aider-full --version

produces output
aider 0.72.3

[pavelpp]

OK, I figured it out. The example in documentation is not functional, because internally Dockerfile creates a user with id 1000 and we can't just pass our user per example provided here https://aider.chat/docs/install/docker.html

This works

docker run -it -e OLLAMA_API_BASE=http://host.docker.internal:11434 --volume $(pwd):/app paulgauthier/aider-full --model ollama_chat/qwen2.5-coder:14b --message "write hello world in python" --yes

[paul-gauthier]

The fix is available in the :dev build of the docker container.

[pavelpp]

@paul-gauthier can you drop a diff link?