# Nvidia-container-cli: initialization error: load library failed: libnvidia-ml.so.1: cannot open shared object file: no such file or directory

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**Category:** CUDA Setup and Installation\
**Created:** [April 4, 2024, 9:33pm UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/nvidia-container-cli-initialization-error-load-library-failed-libnvidia-ml-so-1-cannot-open-shared-object-file-no-such-file-or-directory/288575 "2024-04-04T21:33:28Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 4, 2024, 9:33pm UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/nvidia-container-cli-initialization-error-load-library-failed-libnvidia-ml-so-1-cannot-open-shared-object-file-no-such-file-or-directory/288575/1 "2024-04-04T21:33:28Z")

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I have seen a lot of chatter about this error, but no solution.

I am running Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS  
dpkg -l | grep -i docker  
ii docker-buildx-plugin 0.13.1-1~ubuntu.22.04~jammy amd64 Docker Buildx cli plugin.  
ii docker-ce 5:26.0.0-1~ubuntu.22.04~jammy amd64 Docker: the open-source application container engine  
ii docker-ce-cli 5:26.0.0-1~ubuntu.22.04~jammy amd64 Docker CLI: the open-source application container engine  
ii docker-ce-rootless-extras 5:26.0.0-1~ubuntu.22.04~jammy amd64 Rootless support for Docker.  
ii docker-compose-plugin 2.25.0-1~ubuntu.22.04~jammy amd64 Docker Compose (V2) plugin for the Docker CLI.  
rc [docker.io](http://docker.io) 24.0.5-0ubuntu1~22.04.1 amd64 Linux container runtime  
ii nvidia-docker2 2.13.0-1 all nvidia-docker CLI wrapper  
ii python3-docker 5.0.3-1 all Python 3 wrapper to access [docker.io](http://docker.io)’s control socket

nvidia-container-cli info  
NVRM version: 550.54.15  
CUDA version: 12.4

Device Index: 0  
Device Minor: 0  
Model: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090  
Brand: GeForce  
GPU UUID: GPU-85dddb97-58f5-8c23-f4c9-eda2104c3b5a  
Bus Location: 00000000:01:00.0  
Architecture: 8.9

Device Index: 1  
Device Minor: 1  
Model: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090  
Brand: GeForce  
GPU UUID: GPU-8f940736-ea6e-d06d-ae6c-3b7dcb4cc0ab  
Bus Location: 00000000:03:00.0  
Architecture: 8.9

/code/container/oobabooga$ docker start 01148fb55628  
Error response from daemon: failed to create task for container: failed to create shim task: OCI runtime create failed: runc create failed: unable to start container process: error during container init: error running hook #0: error running hook: exit status 1, stdout: , stderr: Auto-detected mode as ‘legacy’  
nvidia-container-cli: initialization error: load library failed: libnvidia-ml.so.1: cannot open shared object file: no such file or directory: unknown  
Error: failed to start containers: 01148fb55628

/code/container/oobabooga$ sudo docker start 01148fb55628  
Error response from daemon: failed to create task for container: failed to create shim task: OCI runtime create failed: runc create failed: unable to start container process: error during container init: error running hook #0: error running hook: exit status 1, stdout: , stderr: Auto-detected mode as ‘legacy’  
nvidia-container-cli: initialization error: load library failed: libnvidia-ml.so.1: cannot open shared object file: no such file or directory: unknown  
Error: failed to start containers: 01148fb55628

/code/container/oobabooga$ docker version  
Client: Docker Engine - Community  
Version: 26.0.0  
API version: 1.43 (downgraded from 1.45)  
Go version: go1.21.8  
Git commit: 2ae903e  
Built: Wed Mar 20 15:17:48 2024  
OS/Arch: linux/amd64  
Context: default

Server:  
Engine:  
Version: 24.0.5  
API version: 1.43 (minimum version 1.12)  
Go version: go1.20.8  
Git commit: a61e2b4  
Built: Sat Oct 7 00:14:30 2023  
OS/Arch: linux/amd64  
Experimental: false  
containerd:  
Version: v1.6.21  
GitCommit: 3dce8eb055cbb6872793272b4f20ed16117344f8  
runc:  
Version: 1.1.7  
GitCommit:  
docker-init:  
Version: 0.19.0  
GitCommit: de40ad0

nvidia-container-cli -V  
cli-version: 1.14.6  
lib-version: 1.14.6  
build date: 2024-02-27T20:51+00:00  
build revision: d2eb0afe86f0b643e33624ee64f065dd60e952d4  
build compiler: x86\_64-linux-gnu-gcc-7 7.5.0  
build platform: x86\_64  
build flags: -D\_GNU\_SOURCE -D\_FORTIFY\_SOURCE=2 -DNDEBUG -std=gnu11 -O2 -g -fdata-sections -ffunction-sections -fplan9-extensions -fstack-protector -fno-strict-aliasing -fvisibility=hidden -Wall -Wextra -Wcast-align -Wpointer-arith -Wmissing-prototypes -Wnonnull -Wwrite-strings -Wlogical-op -Wformat=2 -Wmissing-format-attribute -Winit-self -Wshadow -Wstrict-prototypes -Wunreachable-code -Wconversion -Wsign-conversion -Wno-unknown-warning-option -Wno-format-extra-args -Wno-gnu-alignof-expression -Wl,-zrelro -Wl,-znow -Wl,-zdefs -Wl,–gc-sections

I also have Kubernetes on this server. The missing library is in /usr/lib/x86\_64-linux-gnu/libnvidia-ml.so.1

Any help is appreciated!!

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![Robert\_Crovella](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/nvidia/user_avatar/forums.developer.nvidia.com/robert_crovella/32/14043_2.png) [@Robert\_Crovella](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/u/Robert_Crovella)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2024, 2:54pm UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/nvidia-container-cli-initialization-error-load-library-failed-libnvidia-ml-so-1-cannot-open-shared-object-file-no-such-file-or-directory/288575/2 "2024-04-05T14:54:54Z")

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I have relocated your question to a more relevant forum.