[Podman] image is in use by a container

9 Aug 2022


      When I remove the image, it output the error "image is in use by a container'. But there is no container.

$ podman images
REPOSITORY                         TAG         IMAGE ID      CREATED        SIZE
docker.io/library/centos           7.9.2009    eeb6ee3f44bd  10 months ago  212 MB
docker.io/library/centos           8.4.2105    5d0da3dc9764  10 months ago  239 MB
$ podman rmi eeb6ee3f44bd
Error: Image used by ebc5c35088b04b38a4f6c6575951f2a0effc7f17a6aabc1a2d7d29d24f6e5094: image is in use by a container
$ podman ps -a
CONTAINER ID  IMAGE       COMMAND     CREATED     STATUS      PORTS       NAMES

[Podman] image is in use by a container

GHui Wu