Google Earth 5.0, Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) – symbol lookup error: libssl.so.0.9.8, undefined symbol: EVP_idea_cbc, libcrypto.so.0.9.8 bug

May 8, 2009 by V-Teq · 10 Comments
Filed under: Ubuntu/Kubuntu/Xubuntu 

I have tried to install Google Earth on Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) today and I came across a simple bug.

After installation, Google Earth was not able to communicate using SSL. It gave me this error message:

/usr/lib/googleearth/googleearth-bin: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/googleearth/libssl.so.0.9.8: undefined symbol: EVP_idea_cbc

The simple bug-fix is to rename/copy libcrypto.so.0.9.8 shared library into libcrypto.0.9.8, as I have found only on some French websites.
Use sudo if you’re not logged in as root. You can also probably use mv instead of cp. You can run for example these commands:

root@v-teq-laptop:~$ cd /usr/lib/googleearth/
root@v-teq-laptop:/usr/lib/googleearth$ cp libcrypto.so.0.9.8 libcrypto.0.9.8

Everything should run now, just enjoy Google Earth :)

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