asterisk: error while loading shared libraries: libasteriskssl.so.1

Question

I am using Ubuntu 14.04 and followed the instructions to install asterisk from this link Ubuntu 14.04 Asterisk server installation

All worked well until I run asterisk and get a shared lib error.

asterisk: error while loading shared libraries: libasteriskssl.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

further examining of the dynamically linked lib using "ldd"...

$ldd /usr/sbin/asterisk
linux-vdso.so.1 =>  (0x00007fff2d50a000)
libasteriskssl.so.1 => not found
libxml2.so.2 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxml2.so.2 (0x00007f7315902000)
...

...reveals that the symlink is missing. I know how to create a symlink but the question is from where do I create the link?

Answer 1

Found the answer in this link

https://community.asterisk.org/t/asterisk-does-not-start/74617

Please run

find / -name libasteriskssl.so.1 -print

to locate your library and then check if it is one of the directories listed in /etc/ld.so.conf

If not, add it and run “ldconfig -v”

if yes, try just running “ldconfig -v” and check if the library is now cached