Docker error: could not select device driver

Problem:

docker: Error response from daemon: could not select device driver "" with capabilities: [[gpu]].

Solution:

Install nvidia-docker

Document: https://docs.nvidia.com/datacenter/cloud-native/container-toolkit/install-guide.html#docker

Install guid: https://docs.nvidia.com/datacenter/cloud-native/container-toolkit/install-guide.html#docker

Installing on Ubuntu and Debian¶

The following steps can be used to setup NVIDIA Container Toolkit on Ubuntu LTS - 16.04, 18.04, 20.4 and Debian - Stretch, Buster distributions.

Setting up Docker¶

Docker-CE on Ubuntu can be setup using Docker’s official convenience script:

$ curl https://get.docker.com | sh \
  && sudo systemctl --now enable docker

See also

Follow the official instructions for more details and post-install actions.

Setting up NVIDIA Container Toolkit¶

Setup the package repository and the GPG key:

$ distribution=$(. /etc/os-release;echo $ID$VERSION_ID) \
      && curl -fsSL https://nvidia.github.io/libnvidia-container/gpgkey | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/nvidia-container-toolkit-keyring.gpg \
      && curl -s -L https://nvidia.github.io/libnvidia-container/$distribution/libnvidia-container.list | \
            sed 's#deb https://#deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/nvidia-container-toolkit-keyring.gpg] https://#g' | \
            sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nvidia-container-toolkit.list

Note

To get access to experimental features and access to release candidates, you may want to add the experimental branch to the repository listing:

$  distribution=$(. /etc/os-release;echo $ID$VERSION_ID) \
      && curl -fsSL https://nvidia.github.io/libnvidia-container/gpgkey | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/nvidia-container-toolkit-keyring.gpg \
      && curl -s -L https://nvidia.github.io/libnvidia-container/experimental/$distribution/libnvidia-container.list | \
         sed 's#deb https://#deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/nvidia-container-toolkit-keyring.gpg] https://#g' | \
         sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nvidia-container-toolkit.listthe Signed-By option, see the relevant troubleshooting section.

Install the nvidia-docker2 package (and dependencies) after updating the package listing:

$ sudo apt-get update

$ sudo apt-get install -y nvidia-docker2

Restart the Docker daemon to complete the installation after setting the default runtime:

$ sudo systemctl restart docker