ERROR: failed to solve: failed to read dockerfile

[CBerrIT]

Running 'sudo docker build -t media-cleaner .' spits out this error, does anyone know why and if there is a solution?

sudo docker build -t media-cleaner .
[sudo] password for adminuser:
[+] Building 0.8s (2/2) FINISHED docker:default
=> [internal] load build definition from Dockerfile 0.4s
=> => transferring dockerfile: 2B 0.0s
=> [internal] load .dockerignore 0.5s
=> => transferring context: 2B 0.0s
ERROR: failed to solve: failed to read dockerfile: open /var/snap/docker/common/var-lib-docker/tmp/buildkit-mount3021091166/Dockerfile: no such file or directory

[blopez0909]

did you clone the repository first then run the command? I had the same issue as you at first then I cloned the repository edited the dockerfile and then launched that command from the folder.