[SOLVED] Ubuntu 22.04 | libssl.so.1.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Issue

I've just updated to Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and my libs using OpenSSL just stopped working. Looks like Ubuntu switched to the version 3.0 of OpenSSL.

For example, poetry stopped working:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/robz/.local/bin/poetry", line 5, in <module>
    from poetry.console import main
  File "/home/robz/.local/share/pypoetry/venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/poetry/console/__init__.py", line 1, in <module>
    from .application import Application
  File "/home/robz/.local/share/pypoetry/venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/poetry/console/application.py", line 7, in <module>
    from .commands.about import AboutCommand
  File "/home/robz/.local/share/pypoetry/venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/poetry/console/commands/__init__.py", line 4, in <module>
    from .check import CheckCommand
  File "/home/robz/.local/share/pypoetry/venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/poetry/console/commands/check.py", line 2, in <module>
    from poetry.factory import Factory
  File "/home/robz/.local/share/pypoetry/venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/poetry/factory.py", line 18, in <module>
    from .repositories.pypi_repository import PyPiRepository
  File "/home/robz/.local/share/pypoetry/venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/poetry/repositories/pypi_repository.py", line 33, in <module>
    from ..inspection.info import PackageInfo
  File "/home/robz/.local/share/pypoetry/venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/poetry/inspection/info.py", line 25, in <module>
    from poetry.utils.env import EnvCommandError
  File "/home/robz/.local/share/pypoetry/venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/poetry/utils/env.py", line 23, in <module>
    import virtualenv
  File "/home/robz/.local/share/pypoetry/venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/virtualenv/__init__.py", line 3, in <module>
    from .run import cli_run, session_via_cli
  File "/home/robz/.local/share/pypoetry/venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/virtualenv/run/__init__.py", line 11, in <module>
    from ..seed.wheels.periodic_update import manual_upgrade
  File "/home/robz/.local/share/pypoetry/venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/virtualenv/seed/wheels/__init__.py", line 3, in <module>
    from .acquire import get_wheel, pip_wheel_env_run
  File "/home/robz/.local/share/pypoetry/venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/virtualenv/seed/wheels/acquire.py", line 12, in <module>
    from .bundle import from_bundle
  File "/home/robz/.local/share/pypoetry/venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/virtualenv/seed/wheels/bundle.py", line 4, in <module>
    from .periodic_update import periodic_update
  File "/home/robz/.local/share/pypoetry/venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/virtualenv/seed/wheels/periodic_update.py", line 10, in <module>
    import ssl
  File "/home/robz/.pyenv/versions/3.9.10/lib/python3.9/ssl.py", line 98, in <module>
    import _ssl             # if we can't import it, let the error propagate
ImportError: libssl.so.1.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Is there an easy fix ? For example, having libssl.so.1.1 available without having to uninstall OpenSSL 3 (I don't know if it's even possible).

Solution

This fixes it (a problem with packaging in 22.04):

wget http://nz2.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/o/openssl/libssl1.1_1.1.1l-1ubuntu1.6_amd64.deb

sudo dpkg -i libssl1.1_1.1.1l-1ubuntu1.6_amd64.deb

PS: If the link is expired, check http://nz2.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/o/openssl/?C=M;O=D for a valid one.

Answered By - seventh

Answer Checked By - Marie Seifert (WPSolving Admin)