Error trying to download data from ERA 5, "[Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/home/vinci/.ecmwfapirc'"

When I try to download datasets of ERA 5 I get the following error:

  

[Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/home/vinci/.ecmwfapirc'

This happens when you run the python script in the terminal.

What could be happening?