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posted at 06. Jan '23
Howto Fix open /var/lib/docker/tmp/docker-import-3927653466/sources/json: no such file or directory
So I was trying to import nvidia cuda docker image downloaded manually from nVidia site (https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/opensource/image/12.0.0/) as docker required login. But I got a strange error:
damon@rapthalia:~/Downloads> docker load -i nvidia-cuda-12.0.0-base-rockylinux8-x86_64-sha256-e71360085c6175fe8a656e0150cf3559aac05445257f3b761b50ed4c3401669e.tar
open /var/lib/docker/tmp/docker-import-3927653466/sources/json: no such file or directory
damon@rapthalia:~/Downloads> cat nvidia-cuda-12.0.0-base-rockylinux8-x86_64-sha256-e71360085c6175fe8a656e0150cf3559aac05445257f3b761b50ed4c3401669e.tar | docker load
open /var/lib/docker/tmp/docker-import-346051151/sources/json: no such file or directory
The correct command is to use docker import, not docker load:
damon@rapthalia:~/Downloads> docker import nvidia-cuda-12.0.0-base-rockylinux8-x86_64-sha256-e71360085c6175fe8a656e0150cf3559aac05445257f3b761b50ed4c3401669e.tar
sha256:cb42d10ba62defbf0cbd62b79509cca30cd148b46df29a2de84cd47bbf23e75c
damon@rapthalia:~/Downloads> docker run --rm --gpus all cb42d10ba62defbf0cbd62b79509cca30cd148b46df29a2de84cd47bbf23e75c nvidia-smi
docker: Error response from daemon: could not select device driver "" with capabilities: [[gpu]].
In short: docker save -> docker load (layered image), docker export -> docker import.
Sometimes I read how developers search all day and they do not code. But solving cryptic errors like these…there is no other way. Or read the manual which is too long with uncertain result. I would wish for nice error messages though.
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