Hi Robert,   
      
   > ->run "locate libcrypto" and see what you find... all we're interested in is   
   > the   
   > ->version numbers...   
   > ->   
   > ->my ubuntu lucid (10.04 LTS) gives me this...   
   > ->   
   > ->locate libcrypto   
   > ->   
   > ->/lib/libcrypto.so.0.9.8   
   > ->/lib/i486/libcrypto.so.0.9.8   
   > ->/lib/i586/libcrypto.so.0.9.8   
   > ->/lib/i686/cmov/libcrypto.so.0.9.8   
   > ->/usr/lib/libcrypto.so.0.9.8   
   > ->   
   > ->   
   > ->what i'm thinking is that your bbbs is looking for 10 but your system has   
   > ->10.xx   
   >->or higher installed... how to handle this is another matter, though... you d   
   > ->not want to downgrade libcrypto... that's for sure... that means that bbbs   
   > ->needs to be built against the newer version or it needs to be built   
   > monothicly   
   > ->(all libraries in the executable instead of using external so libraries)...   
      
   > I do not see this happening to be quite honest.  I think it's best for him to   
   > go back to an earlier version of Ubuntu to run BBBS under, or switch to   
   > windows :)   
      
   Rich has taken care of it now, he just had to create the symlink :)   
      
   Take care,   
   Janis   
      
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