Issue installing with Docker: "Error loading shared library libreadline.so.8: Permission denied"

Grafana Installation
1

Hi!

I wanted to install the OSS version using docker, but I’m getting the following error

$ docker run -p 4000:3000 --name=grafana grafana/grafana
Error loading shared library libreadline.so.8: Permission denied (needed by /run.sh)
Error relocating /run.sh: unstifle_history: symbol not found
Error relocating /run.sh: rl_make_bare_keymap: symbol not found
Error relocating /run.sh: rl_bind_key_if_unbound_in_map: symbol not found
~~ a lot more of similar lines ~~

first time I see this happening while using Docker, and I couldn’t find any solution online / using AI

here’s what it recommended which didn’t work:

  • --security-opt apparmor=unconfined / label=disable / seccomp=unconfined
  • disabling app armor entirely
Linux Serv 6.12.57+deb13-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Debian 6.12.57-1 (2025-11-05) x86_64 GNU/Linux

Client: Docker Engine - Community
Version:           29.3.1
API version:       1.54
Go version:        go1.25.8
Git commit:        c2be9cc
Built:             Wed Mar 25 16:13:49 2026
OS/Arch:           linux/amd64
Context:           default

Server: Docker Engine - Community
Engine:
Version:          29.3.1
API version:      1.54 (minimum version 1.40)
Go version:       go1.25.8
Git commit:       f78c987
Built:            Wed Mar 25 16:13:49 2026
OS/Arch:          linux/amd64
Experimental:     false
containerd:
Version:          v2.2.2
GitCommit:        301b2dac98f15c27117da5c8af12118a041a31d9
runc:
Version:          1.3.4
GitCommit:        v1.3.4-0-gd6d73eb8
docker-init:
Version:          0.19.0
GitCommit:        de40ad0

thanks for any help

PS: running with grafana/grafana:main-ubuntu gives /bin/bash: error while loading shared libraries: libtinfo.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory , unsure that helps

2

do you get the same issue with a previous version?

docker run -d --name=grafana -p 4000:3000 grafana/grafana:12.4.3

3

yep I do

4

Provide full result from commands, pls:

docker info
docker pull grafana/grafana
docker run -p 4000:3000 --name=grafana grafana/grafana
5
6

Try:

docker run --rm \
  --security-opt apparmor=unconfined \
  --security-opt seccomp=unconfined \
  --cgroupns=host \
  grafana/grafana:latest
7

doesn’t change the result

8

What happens if you try installing another grafana product in docker other than grafana itself

9

hi!

I tested with grafana/tempo and grafana/loki which both started correctly with a simple docker run [image]