DEPRESSION-DETECTION

Dockerfile

@@ -3,11 +3,13 @@
 # PROJECT: DEPRESSION-DETECTION-USING-TWEETS
 # ==============================================================================
 
-FROM python:3.10-slim
+FROM python:3.9-slim
 
 # Set environment variables
 ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE 1
 ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED 1
+# Force legacy setuptools behavior to prevent distutils build errors
+ENV SETUPTOOLS_USE_DISTUTILS=stdlib
 
 # Set work directory
 WORKDIR /app
@@ -17,10 +19,10 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
     build-essential \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
-# Install build-time dependencies first to support legacy package builds
-RUN pip install --upgrade pip setuptools==57.5.0 wheel
+# Pre-install build dependencies to ensure wheels are preferred and builds are stable
+RUN pip install --upgrade pip setuptools==57.5.0 wheel cython
 
-# Install dependencies
+# Install project dependencies
 # Note: Path is relative to the repository root where Dockerfile resides
 COPY source_code/requirements.txt ./
 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt