Eagle not starting because of missing libraries

[Karel]

I share this here in case somebody else stumbles over the same problem.

When I tried to install Eagle V7.70 on a new pc it didn't run and showed me the following error message:

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> ./eagle-lin64-7.7.0.run
Ensure the following libraries are available:
        libssl.so.1.0.0 => not found
        libcrypto.so.1.0.0 => not found

The solution is:

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cd /usr/lib64/
sudo ln -s libssl.so.1.1 libssl.so.1.0.0
sudo ln -s libcrypto.so.1.1 libcrypto.so.1.0.0


[stj]

almost.

that gives me:

./eagle: symbol lookup error: ./eagle: undefined symbol: CRYPTO_num_locks

[Karel]

Time to move on to Kicad then...

[stj]

i will,
when the schematic editor becomes decent.
last time i checked, you cant grab a part and move it without leaving the traces behind - with eagle they stay connected and follow the part.

[Karel]

i will,
when the schematic editor becomes decent.
last time i checked, you cant grab a part and move it without leaving the traces behind - with eagle they stay connected and follow the part.

Which version was that? 5.1?

[stj]

no idea, some time last year.
have they changed it since 2017??

[Karel]

no idea, some time last year.
have they changed it since 2017??

That's what I was curious about. Here at work we are stuck with Eagle V7.
Obviously we need to have a plan to be able to continue our business in case Eagle V7 stops working on future releases of Linux.
We are considering to switch to Kicad and want to give it a try.

[stj]

well i suppose i'll be the sucker and try it later.
meantime, i'm not giving up on e7
i'm going to install a parallel openssl package - the older 1.0 release.
and then find the real problem - incase it's just a label-change that can be fixed with a hex editor.

btw,
i suppose i should say that i'm using the testing/buster version of Debian.

[stj]

fixed.
i installed openssl 1.0.2

however, i think it's not the version so much as the compile options.
i think debian may have disabled threads in the supplied version.