Jetson container pytorch and open cv build issue jetpack 6.2

I have been using dustynv/l4t-pytorch:r36.4.0 base image but it comes with pytorch 2.4.0 and opencv in the image. I want to use a newer version of pytorch.

I tried to use dustynv/pytorch:2.7-r36.4.0 as it was the latest image from dustynv docker hub for my Jetson Orin jetpack 6.2 L4T 36.4.3

But that image does not come with opencv. I tried

jetson-containers build --base=dustynv/pytorch:2.7-r36.4.0 \
  --name dev/jetson-pytorch-cv:2.7-r36.4.0 \
  ffmpeg:jetpack opencv:4.12.0

but failed at the opencv test with

...
 1 warning found (use docker --debug to expand):
 - InvalidDefaultArgInFrom: Default value for ARG ${BASE_IMAGE} results in empty or invalid base image name (line 12)

[20:44:34] [##################] 13/13 Testing opencv:4.12.0 (dev/jetson-pytorch-cv:2.7-r36.4.0-r36.4.tegra-aarch64-cu126-22.04-opencv_4.12.0) 12 stages completed in 01m40s at 20:44:34

┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ > TESTING  dev/jetson-pytorch-cv:2.7-r36.4.0-r36.4.tegra-aarch64-cu126-22.04-opencv_4.12.0 │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

docker run -t --rm --network=host --privileged --shm-size=8g --runtime=nvidia \
  --env NVIDIA_DRIVER_CAPABILITIES=all \
  --volume /home/ubuntu/jetson-containers/packages/cv/opencv:/test \
  --volume /home/ubuntu/jetson-containers/data:/data \
  dev/jetson-pytorch-cv:2.7-r36.4.0-r36.4.tegra-aarch64-cu126-22.04-opencv_4.12.0 \
    /bin/bash -c 'python3 /test/test.py'


testing OpenCV...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/test/test.py", line 4, in <module>
    import cv2
  File "/opt/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/cv2/__init__.py", line 181, in <module>
    bootstrap()
  File "/opt/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/cv2/__init__.py", line 153, in bootstrap
    native_module = importlib.import_module("cv2")
  File "/opt/python/cpython-3.10-linux-aarch64-gnu/lib/python3.10/importlib/__init__.py", line 126, in import_module
    return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
ImportError: libnvcuvid.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
[20:44:35] warn =====================================================================================
[20:44:35] warn =====================================================================================
[20:44:35] warn 💣 `jetson-containers build` failed after 103.3 seconds (1.7 minutes)
[20:44:35] warn Error: Command 'docker run -t --rm --network=host --privileged --shm-size=8g --runtime=nvidia   --env NVIDIA_DRIVER_CAPABILITIES=all   --volume /home/ubuntu/jetson-containers/packages/cv/opencv:/test   --volume /home/ubuntu/jetson-containers/data:/data   dev/jetson-pytorch-cv:2.7-r36.4.0-r36.4.tegra-aarch64-cu126-22.04-opencv_4.12.0     /bin/bash -c 'python3 /test/test.py' 2>&1 | tee /home/ubuntu/jetson-containers/logs/20260705_204251/test/13-1_dev_jetson-pytorch-cv_2.7-r36.4.0-r36.4.tegra-aarch64-cu126-22.04-opencv_4.12.0_test.py.txt; exit ${PIPESTATUS[0]}' returned non-zero exit status 1.
[20:44:35] warn =====================================================================================
[20:44:35] warn =====================================================================================
[20:44:35] error Failed building:  ffmpeg:jetpack, opencv:4.12.0

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/ubuntu/jetson-containers/jetson_containers/build.py", line 150, in <module>
    build_container(**vars(args))
  File "/home/ubuntu/jetson-containers/jetson_containers/container.py", line 491, in build_container
    test_container(container_name, pkg, simulate, build_idx=idx)
  File "/home/ubuntu/jetson-containers/jetson_containers/container.py", line 698, in test_container
    status = subprocess.run(cmd.replace(_NEWLINE_, ' '), executable='/bin/bash', shell=True, check=True)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/subprocess.py", line 526, in run
    raise CalledProcessError(retcode, process.args,
subprocess.CalledProcessError: Command 'docker run -t --rm --network=host --privileged --shm-size=8g --runtime=nvidia   --env NVIDIA_DRIVER_CAPABILITIES=all   --volume /home/ubuntu/jetson-containers/packages/cv/opencv:/test   --volume /home/ubuntu/jetson-containers/data:/data   dev/jetson-pytorch-cv:2.7-r36.4.0-r36.4.tegra-aarch64-cu126-22.04-opencv_4.12.0     /bin/bash -c 'python3 /test/test.py' 2>&1 | tee /home/ubuntu/jetson-containers/logs/20260705_204251/test/13-1_dev_jetson-pytorch-cv_2.7-r36.4.0-r36.4.tegra-aarch64-cu126-22.04-opencv_4.12.0_test.py.txt; exit ${PIPESTATUS[0]}' returned non-zero exit status 1.

➜  jetson-containers git:(master)

I also tried with pytorch 2.7 and opencv 4.10 but i got ffmpeg not found

jetson-containers build --base=dustynv/pytorch:2.7-r36.4.0 --name dev/jetson-pytorch-cv:2.7-r36.4.0 opencv:4.10.0;

Result

...
  [11:10:45] [#################-] 12/13 Building ffmpeg (dev/jetson-pytorch-cv:2.7-r36.4.0-r36.4.tegra-aarch64-cu126-22.04-ffmpeg) 11 stages completed in 60m30s at 11:10:45
  [+] Building 336.0s (11/13)                                                                                                                                                             docker:default
   => [internal] load build definition from 12o13_dev_jetson-pytorch-cv_2.7-r36.4.0-r36.4.tegra-aarch64-cu126-22.04-ffmpeg.Dockerfile                                                             0.0s
   => => transferring dockerfile: 1.01kB                                                                                                                                                            0.0s
   => resolve image config for docker-image://docker.io/docker/dockerfile:1-labs                                                                                                                    0.3s
   => CACHED docker-image://docker.io/docker/dockerfile:1-labs@sha256:7d49dad25a050e14338ba7028b0460243f9d911dedc160a8fe20c34738fef3af                                                              0.0s
   => [internal] load metadata for docker.io/dev/jetson-pytorch-cv:2.7-r36.4.0-r36.4.tegra-aarch64-cu126-22.04-video-codec-sdk                                                                    0.0s
   => [internal] load .dockerignore                                                                                                                                                                 0.0s
   => => transferring context: 2B                                                                                                                                                                   0.0s
   => [internal] load build context                                                                                                                                                                 0.1s
   => => transferring context: 6.15kB                                                                                                                                                               0.0s
   => [stage-0 1/3] FROM docker.io/dev/jetson-pytorch-cv:2.7-r36.4.0-r36.4.tegra-aarch64-cu126-22.04-video-codec-sdk                                                                              0.0s
   => [stage-0 1/3] FROM docker.io/dev/jetson-pytorch:pt2.7-cv4.12-r36.4.0-r36.4.tegra-aarch64-cu126-22.04-video-codec-sdk                                                                        0.2s
   => [stage-0 2/3] COPY build.sh install.sh /tmp/ffmpeg/                                                                                                                                           0.0s
   => [stage-0 3/3] RUN --device=nvidia.com/gpu=all --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/ccache,sharing=locked if command -v ccache >/dev/null 2>&1; then export CMAKE_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=cca  325.0s
   => exporting to image                                                                                                                                                                           10.2s
   => => exporting layers                                                                                                                                                                          10.1s
   => => writing image sha256:e74455784978800a3b48b32f289ddfdae879a844064b3a88f6de68ba8bd09843                                                                                                      0.0s
   => => naming to docker.io/dev/jetson-pytorch-cv:2.7-r36.4.0-r36.4.tegra-aarch64-cu126-22.04-ffmpeg                                                                                             0.0s

   1 warning found (use docker --debug to expand):
   - InvalidDefaultArgInFrom: Default value for ARG ${BASE_IMAGE} results in empty or invalid base image name (line 12)

  [11:16:21] [#################-] 12/13 Testing ffmpeg (dev/jetson-pytorch-cv:2.7-r36.4.0-r36.4.tegra-aarch64-cu126-22.04-ffmpeg) 11 stages completed in 66m06s at 11:16:21

  ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
  │ > TESTING  dev/jetson-pytorch-cv:2.7-r36.4.0-r36.4.tegra-aarch64-cu126-22.04-ffmpeg │
  └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

  docker run -t --rm --network=host --privileged --shm-size=8g --runtime=nvidia \
    --env NVIDIA_DRIVER_CAPABILITIES=all \
    --volume /home/ubuntu/jetson-containers/packages/multimedia/ffmpeg:/test \
    --volume /home/ubuntu/jetson-containers/data:/data \
    dev/jetson-pytorch-cv:2.7-r36.4.0-r36.4.tegra-aarch64-cu126-22.04-ffmpeg \
      /bin/bash -c '/bin/bash /test/test.sh'


  + ffmpeg -version
  /test/test.sh: line 4: ffmpeg: command not found
  [11:16:22] warn =====================================================================================
  [11:16:22] warn =====================================================================================
  [11:16:22] warn 💣 `jetson-containers build` failed after 3969.3 seconds (66.2 minutes)
  [11:16:22] warn Error: Command 'docker run -t --rm --network=host --privileged --shm-size=8g --runtime=nvidia   --env NVIDIA_DRIVER_CAPABILITIES=all   --volume /home/ubuntu/jetson-containers/packages/multimedia/ffmpeg:/test   --volume /home/ubuntu/jetson-containers/data:/data   dev/jetson-pytorch-cv:2.7-r36.4.0-r36.4.tegra-aarch64-cu126-22.04-ffmpeg     /bin/bash -c '/bin/bash /test/test.sh' 2>&1 | tee /home/ubuntu/jetson-containers/logs/20260705_101012/test/12-1_dev_jetson-pytorch-cv_2.7-r36.4.0-r36.4.tegra-aarch64-cu126-22.04-ffmpeg_test.sh.txt; exit ${PIPESTATUS[0]}' returned non-zero exit status 127.
  [11:16:22] warn =====================================================================================
  [11:16:22] warn =====================================================================================
  [11:16:22] error Failed building:  opencv:4.10.0

  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "/home/ubuntu/jetson-containers/jetson_containers/build.py", line 150, in <module>
      build_container(**vars(args))
    File "/home/ubuntu/jetson-containers/jetson_containers/container.py", line 491, in build_container
      test_container(container_name, pkg, simulate, build_idx=idx)
    File "/home/ubuntu/jetson-containers/jetson_containers/container.py", line 698, in test_container
      status = subprocess.run(cmd.replace(_NEWLINE_, ' '), executable='/bin/bash', shell=True, check=True)
    File "/usr/lib/python3.10/subprocess.py", line 526, in run
      raise CalledProcessError(retcode, process.args,
  subprocess.CalledProcessError: Command 'docker run -t --rm --network=host --privileged --shm-size=8g --runtime=nvidia   --env NVIDIA_DRIVER_CAPABILITIES=all   --volume /home/ubuntu/jetson-containers/packages/multimedia/ffmpeg:/test   --volume /home/ubuntu/jetson-containers/data:/data   dev/jetson-pytorch-cv:2.7-r36.4.0-r36.4.tegra-aarch64-cu126-22.04-ffmpeg     /bin/bash -c '/bin/bash /test/test.sh' 2>&1 | tee /home/ubuntu/jetson-containers/logs/20260705_101012/test/12-1_dev_jetson-pytorch-cv_2.7-r36.4.0-r36.4.tegra-aarch64-cu126-22.04-ffmpeg_test.sh.txt; exit ${PIPESTATUS[0]}' returned non-zero exit status 127.

  ➜  jetson-containers git:(master)
 

How do we have pytorch>2.4 with opencv, ffmpeg and gstreamer for jetpack 6.2?

closing this as this seems to work jetson-containers build --name dev/jetson-pytorch-cv:r36.4.0 pytorch opencv ffmpeg:jetpack;

using pytorch 2.11 and opencv 4.13 builds successfully