(docker) use 'uv' to manage python installation and the invoke dependencies, since Ubuntu 24.04 comes with Python 3.12 which we do not yet support

docker/Dockerfile

@@ -9,22 +9,35 @@ RUN rm -f /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/docker-clean; echo 'Binary::apt::APT::Keep-Downloa
 RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/var/cache/apt,sharing=locked \
     --mount=type=cache,target=/var/lib/apt,sharing=locked \
     apt update && apt-get install -y \
-        git \
+        build-essential \
-        python3-venv \
+        git
-        python3-pip \
-        build-essential
 
-ENV INVOKEAI_SRC=/opt/invokeai
+# Install `uv` for package management
-ENV VIRTUAL_ENV=/opt/venv/invokeai
+COPY --from=ghcr.io/astral-sh/uv:0.5.5 /uv /uvx /bin/
 
+ENV VIRTUAL_ENV=/opt/venv
 ENV PATH="$VIRTUAL_ENV/bin:$PATH"
+ENV INVOKEAI_SRC=/opt/invokeai
+ENV PYTHON_VERSION=3.11
+ENV UV_COMPILE_BYTECODE=1
+ENV UV_LINK_MODE=copy
+
 ARG GPU_DRIVER=cuda
 ARG TARGETPLATFORM="linux/amd64"
 # unused but available
 ARG BUILDPLATFORM
 
-WORKDIR ${INVOKEAI_SRC}
+# Switch to the `ubuntu` user to work around dependency issues with uv-installed python
+RUN mkdir -p ${VIRTUAL_ENV} && \
+    mkdir -p ${INVOKEAI_SRC} && \
+    chmod -R a+w /opt
+USER ubuntu
 
+# Install python and create the venv
+RUN uv python install ${PYTHON_VERSION} && \
+    uv venv --relocatable --prompt "invoke" --python ${PYTHON_VERSION} ${VIRTUAL_ENV}
+
+WORKDIR ${INVOKEAI_SRC}
 COPY invokeai ./invokeai
 COPY pyproject.toml ./
 
@@ -32,9 +45,8 @@ COPY pyproject.toml ./
 # the local working copy can be bind-mounted into the image
 # at path defined by ${INVOKEAI_SRC}
 # NOTE: there are no pytorch builds for arm64 + cuda, only cpu
-# x86_64/CUDA is default
+# x86_64/CUDA is the default
-RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/pip \
+RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/home/ubuntu/.cache/uv,uid=1000,gid=1000 \
-    python3 -m venv ${VIRTUAL_ENV} &&\
     if [ "$TARGETPLATFORM" = "linux/arm64" ] || [ "$GPU_DRIVER" = "cpu" ]; then \
         extra_index_url_arg="--extra-index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu"; \
     elif [ "$GPU_DRIVER" = "rocm" ]; then \
@@ -42,15 +54,9 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/pip \
     else \
         extra_index_url_arg="--extra-index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cu124"; \
     fi && \
-          \
+    uv pip install --python ${PYTHON_VERSION} $extra_index_url_arg -e "."
-    # xformers + triton fails to install on arm64 \
-    if [ "$GPU_DRIVER" = "cuda" ] && [ "$TARGETPLATFORM" = "linux/amd64" ]; then \
-        pip install $extra_index_url_arg -e ".[xformers]"; \
-    else \
-        pip install $extra_index_url_arg -e "."; \
-    fi
 
-# #### Build the Web UI ------------------------------------
+#### Build the Web UI ------------------------------------
 
 FROM node:20-slim AS web-builder
 ENV PNPM_HOME="/pnpm"
@@ -85,16 +91,14 @@ RUN apt update && apt install -y --no-install-recommends \
         libglib2.0-0 \
         libgl1 \
         libglx-mesa0 \
-        python3-venv \
-        python3-pip \
         build-essential \
         libopencv-dev \
         libstdc++-10-dev &&\
     apt-get clean && apt-get autoclean
 
-
 ENV INVOKEAI_SRC=/opt/invokeai
-ENV VIRTUAL_ENV=/opt/venv/invokeai
+ENV VIRTUAL_ENV=/opt/venv
+ENV PYTHON_VERSION=3.11
 ENV INVOKEAI_ROOT=/invokeai
 ENV INVOKEAI_HOST=0.0.0.0
 ENV INVOKEAI_PORT=9090
@@ -102,6 +106,14 @@ ENV PATH="$VIRTUAL_ENV/bin:$INVOKEAI_SRC:$PATH"
 ENV CONTAINER_UID=${CONTAINER_UID:-1000}
 ENV CONTAINER_GID=${CONTAINER_GID:-1000}
 
+# Install `uv` for package management
+# and install python for the ubuntu user (expected to exist on ubuntu >=24.x)
+# this is too tiny to optimize with multi-stage builds, but maybe we'll come back to it
+COPY --from=ghcr.io/astral-sh/uv:0.5.5 /uv /uvx /bin/
+USER ubuntu
+RUN uv python install ${PYTHON_VERSION}
+USER root
+
 # --link requires buldkit w/ dockerfile syntax 1.4
 COPY --link --from=builder ${INVOKEAI_SRC} ${INVOKEAI_SRC}
 COPY --link --from=builder ${VIRTUAL_ENV} ${VIRTUAL_ENV}
@@ -116,7 +128,7 @@ WORKDIR ${INVOKEAI_SRC}
 
 # build patchmatch
 RUN cd /usr/lib/$(uname -p)-linux-gnu/pkgconfig/ && ln -sf opencv4.pc opencv.pc
-RUN python3 -c "from patchmatch import patch_match"
+RUN python -c "from patchmatch import patch_match"
 
 RUN mkdir -p ${INVOKEAI_ROOT} && chown -R ${CONTAINER_UID}:${CONTAINER_GID} ${INVOKEAI_ROOT}