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I try to install libssl 0.9.8 on lubuntu 20.04.1.

I have found no way to install it using apt, so that I downloaded a .deb package from the ubuntu Trusty (14.04) launchpad archive.

I try to install it this way:

kids@Dani:~/Downloads$ sudo dpkg -i libssl0.9.8_0.9.8o-7ubuntu3.2.14.04.1_amd64.deb

It gives me the following error:

(Reading database ... 268220 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack libssl0.9.8_0.9.8o-7ubuntu3.2.14.04.1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libssl0.9.8:amd64 (0.9.8o-7ubuntu3.2.14.04.1) ...
dpkg: error processing archive libssl0.9.8_0.9.8o-7ubuntu3.2.14.04.1_amd64.deb (--install):
 unable to open '/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcrypto.so.0.9.8.dpkg-new': No such file or directory
Errors were encountered while processing:
 libssl0.9.8_0.9.8o-7ubuntu3.2.14.04.1_amd64.deb

I've tried to make such file make such directory and remove it, but nothing changed. Do you know a way to install it using apt? Any other way to fix it?

I am using the correct architecture (64-bit on 64-bit VM, using VMware workstation player on 64-bit windows 10).

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I had a similar issue on a different package that I managed to solve using the following sequence. First, the error:

(Reading database ... 66160 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking adoptopenjdk-11-hotspot (11.0.6+10-2) over (11.0.9+11.1-3) ...
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/adoptopenjdk-11-hotspot_11.0.6+10-2_amd64.deb (--unpack):
 unable to open '/usr/lib/jvm/adoptopenjdk-11-hotspot-amd64/man/ja/man1/jcmd.1.dpkg-new': No such file or directory
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/adoptopenjdk-11-hotspot_11.0.6+10-2_amd64.deb

While investigating, I noticed something weird in the folder /usr/lib/jvm/adoptopenjdk-11-hotspot-amd64/man:

$ ls -la /usr/lib/jvm/adoptopenjdk-11-hotspot-amd64/man
total 16
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Oct  1 06:36 .
drwxrwxr-x 9 root root 4096 Nov  4 08:42 ..
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   11 Aug 30 11:33 ja -> ja_JP.UTF-8
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Oct  1 06:36 ja_JP.UTF-8
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Nov  4 08:42 man1
total 8
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Nov  4 08:42 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Oct  1 06:36 ..

The folder ja (which seemed to be the origin of dpkg error) was in fact a symlink pointing to the folder ja_JP.UTF-8.

I solved my issue by removing the symlink and recreating it as a real folder (also recreating its child folder man1):

/usr/lib/jvm/adoptopenjdk-11-hotspot-amd64/man$ sudo rm ja
/usr/lib/jvm/adoptopenjdk-11-hotspot-amd64/man$ sudo mkdir ja
/usr/lib/jvm/adoptopenjdk-11-hotspot-amd64/man$ sudo mkdir ja/man1

I then reinstalled the adoptopenjdk-11-hotspot_11.0.6+10-2 package and it went smoothly.

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The package sources are available here. The package sources can be downloaded and compiled using the following syntax:

wget https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archive/primary/+sourcefiles/openssl098/0.9.8o-7ubuntu3.2.14.04.1/openssl098_0.9.8o.orig.tar.gz
tar -xvzf openssl098_0.9.8o.orig.tar.gz
cd ./openssl-0.9.8o/
./config
make
make test
sudo make install_sw
  • On the last line, the "install_sw" (instead of just "install") is a walkaround to avoid an error related to man pages. There is another way to deal with the problem; see here.
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