No domoticz after update

[paio]

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.

[jannl]

You know the os relase has to be bookworm?

Did you read the release notes?

[waltervl]

See viewtopic.php?t=44018

[kimot]

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...

[jannl]

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

[kimot]

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...

[jannl]

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