libssl.so.1.1: cannot open shared object file

[lmiq]

The binary that is download by default in Linux does not work in modern versions of Ubuntu (or Mint), because the a library is missing:

./tectonic 
./tectonic: error while loading shared libraries: libssl.so.1.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

It is not trivial how to install such a library, unfortunately.

[vlasakm]

I am unfortunately not able to help you with the issue, but I can at least link to #892, which seems to describe the same issue.

[trimclain]

This fix worked for me:
https://stackoverflow.com/a/72633324

[cdelledonne]

On Fedora 38, I had to install the compatibility package openssl1.1

[pkgw]

As of the next release, the default builds will cut over to building against OpenSSL3 (#1092), which should make this problem go away.

[winstxnhdw]

Hi @pkgw, is there still plans to release this?

[pkgw]

Yes, sorry, I just let this slide. But I've just put out 0.15.0 with this change (among others):

https://github.com/tectonic-typesetting/tectonic/releases/tag/tectonic%400.15.0

[rm-dr]

Should be fixed with 0.15.0