Unable to build docker container image for arm64 architecture

[maitreya-transidia]

Bug Description

I'm trying to build the most basic container image for arm64 on a Macbook Pro M4.

I'm using the example docker file in 'agents/examples'.

The only change I made is to get the Dockerfile to run the minimal example in 'agents/examples/minimal_worker.py'.

I get the following error when building the docker image:

$ podman build .

...


STEP 14/16: RUN python minimal_worker.py download-files
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/appuser/minimal_worker.py", line 5, in <module>
    from livekit.agents import AgentServer, JobContext, cli
  File "/home/appuser/.local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/livekit/agents/__init__.py", line 23, in <module>
    from . import cli, inference, ipc, llm, metrics, stt, tokenize, tts, utils, vad, voice
  File "/home/appuser/.local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/livekit/agents/cli/__init__.py", line 1, in <module>
    from .cli import AgentsConsole, run_app
  File "/home/appuser/.local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/livekit/agents/cli/cli.py", line 37, in <module>
    from livekit import rtc
  File "/home/appuser/.local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/livekit/rtc/__init__.py", line 41, in <module>
    from .audio_frame import AudioFrame
  File "/home/appuser/.local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/livekit/rtc/audio_frame.py", line 16, in <module>
    from ._ffi_client import FfiHandle
  File "/home/appuser/.local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/livekit/rtc/_ffi_client.py", line 61, in <module>
    ffi_lib = get_ffi_lib()
              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/home/appuser/.local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/livekit/rtc/_ffi_client.py", line 58, in get_ffi_lib
    return ctypes.CDLL(str(path))
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/ctypes/__init__.py", line 376, in __init__
    self._handle = _dlopen(self._name, mode)
                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
OSError: libgobject-2.0.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Error: building at STEP "RUN python minimal_worker.py download-files": while running runtime: exit status 1

I've tried the same process on an arm64 EC2 instance with the same results.

This used to work a few weeks ago just fine, but is now broken after I updated to the latest versions of livekit dependencies.

The process works fine when I'm building for x86_64.

Expected Behavior

This used to work to build for arm64 but has now broken. I can't figure out why this error shows up. I can build other arm64 images just fine.

Reproduction Steps

On a arm64 system:

1. Update the agents/examples/Dockerfile-example to run the minimal_agent.py instead of myagent.py
2. Run podman or docker build .
3. See the error that states:

OSError: libgobject-2.0.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Operating System

macOS Tahoe 26.2 on MacBook Pro M4

Models Used

Silero

Package Versions

livekit                                            1.0.23
livekit-agents                                     1.3.10
livekit-api                                        1.1.0
livekit-blingfire                                  1.0.0
livekit-plugins-aws                                1.3.10
livekit-plugins-noise-cancellation                 0.2.5
livekit-plugins-silero                             1.3.10
livekit-plugins-turn-detector                      1.2.17
livekit-protocol                                   1.1.1

Session/Room/Call IDs

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Proposed Solution

Additional Context

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[chenghao-mou]

Thanks for opening the issue! It should be fixed with #4431