Example for Medium post: https://medium.com/@johnnyopao/python-dependencies-and-aws-lambda-18acbdebca20

Dockerfile

FROM amazonlinux:latest

WORKDIR /app

# install pip
RUN curl -s https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py | python

# requirements for compiling JAGs
RUN yum install -y \
  gcc \
  gcc-gfortran \
  lapack-devel \
  gcc-c++ \
  findutils \
  python27-devel

COPY JAGS-4.3.0.tar.gz .
RUN tar xf JAGS-4.3.0.tar.gz

# compile JAGs
WORKDIR JAGS-4.3.0/
RUN F77=gfortran ./configure --libdir=/usr/local/lib64
RUN make
RUN make install

# install python deps
WORKDIR /app

ENV PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/local/lib64/pkgconfig/:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH

COPY requirements.txt .

# numpy needs to be installed globally first as pyjags
# checks the regular path for numpy as a requirement
RUN pip install numpy
RUN pip install -t ./lib -r requirements.txt

# Copy libraries into project lib directory
RUN cp -a /usr/local/lib64/JAGS lib
RUN cp /usr/local/lib64/libjags.so.4 lib
RUN cp /usr/local/lib64/libjrmath.so.0 lib
RUN cp /usr/lib64/libgfortran.so.3 lib
RUN cp /usr/lib64/libblas.so.3 lib
RUN cp /usr/lib64/liblapack.so.3 lib
RUN cp /usr/lib64/libquadmath.so.0 lib