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Hello,

I launched the update today, but something works wrokng during the update.
I rebboted the raspberry, abd after the domoticz service run but I can't be connected to domoticz webpage.

I tried to reinstall the domoticz with this solution:
viewtopic.php?t=43467

But I continue t have the same issue.
When I check the status, I have this error : raspberrypi domoticz.sh[407]: /home/pi/domoticz/domoticz: error while loading shared libraries: libssl.so.3: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Version : The last
Platform : raspberry 3+

Could you help me please?
Thanks

sudo service domoticz.sh status
● domoticz.service - LSB: Home Automation System
Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/domoticz.sh; generated)
Active: active (exited) since Sat 2026-01-03 15:09:09 CET; 8min ago
Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8)
Process: 407 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/domoticz.sh start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)

Jan 03 15:09:08 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Starting LSB: Home Automation System...
Jan 03 15:09:09 raspberrypi domoticz.sh[407]: /home/pi/domoticz/domoticz: error while loading shared libraries: libssl.so.3: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Jan 03 15:09:09 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Started LSB: Home Automation System.

You know the os relase has to be bookworm?

Did you read the release notes?

See viewtopic.php?t=44018

jannl wrote: Saturday 03 January 2026 15:28 You know the os relase has to be bookworm?

Did you read the release notes?

The release notes you see when upgrading via the web GUI don't mention a word about openssl compatibility issues...

That is a known issue. But I always scroll through the release notes on the forum. And never updated through the gui.

I also ended up with a broken Domoticz on my Ubuntu 20.04 after upgrading via webGUI.
No mention anywhere of openssl compatibility issues. Nor in release notes...
No data in backups folder ( databases only ) in my case.
I tried copying the files back to the domoticz directory from may backup or from newly downloaded previous versions, but still without success - it always gets the wrong openssl version message on start.
But I found a solution how to restore the Domoticz installation (or install it new without the need to compile) on these older versions of Linux.

- rename your domoticz directory ( for example domoticz_backup ) and create new domoticz directory
- found file domoticz_backup/scripts/install.sh and copy it to your new empty domoticz directory
- edit this file and replace row:
wget -O domoticz_release.tgz "http://www.domoticz.com/download.php?ch ... ine=${MACH}"

with

# wget -O domoticz_release.tgz "http://www.domoticz.com/download.php?ch ... ine=${MACH}"

- safe this file and make it executable

- from https://github.com/domoticz/domoticz/releases download required version of Domoticz
( but no 2025.2 of course )

- put downloaded file *.tgz to domoticz directory
- rename this file to domoticz_release.tgz
( now are only two files in domoticz directory - install.sh and domoticz_release.tgz )
- open terminal in domoticz directory and execute:
sudo ./install.sh

- Now you have a functional Domoticz installation again and you can restore database or scripts from a backup.

Maybe there is a simpler procedure with just copying the files back and running a few commands to initialize libraries or systemd, but I'm normal user, no linux guru...

Just for your information, it is mentioned in the announcement of 2025.2 on the forum.

I had the same issue and had to go back to an image backup of last year, as the database backups seem to contain nothing.
Not the end of the world that I lost a year of history.
But is there or will there be a way to upgrade to the latest version on the Raspberry Pi?

@DomoLuver, you have to read the release notes carefully and you should not have lost a year of data....
Just update your system or use domoticz via docker compose

Also there is a full Domoticz environment backup made by the update script to return easily to the previous situation,see wiki page https://wiki.domoticz.com/Raspberry_Pi# ... ect_update