[Python] libssl.so.1.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

I've just updated to Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and my libs using OpenSSL just stopped working. Looks like Ubuntu switched to the version 3.0 of OpenSSL.

For example, poetry stopped working:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/robz/.local/bin/poetry", line 5, in <module>
from poetry.console import main
File "/home/robz/.local/share/pypoetry/venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/poetry/console/__init__.py", line 1, in <module>
from .application import Application
File "/home/robz/.local/share/pypoetry/venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/poetry/console/application.py", line 7, in <module>
from .commands.about import AboutCommand
File "/home/robz/.local/share/pypoetry/venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/poetry/console/commands/__init__.py", line 4, in <module>
from .check import CheckCommand
File "/home/robz/.local/share/pypoetry/venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/poetry/console/commands/check.py", line 2, in <module>
from poetry.factory import Factory
File "/home/robz/.local/share/pypoetry/venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/poetry/factory.py", line 18, in <module>
from .repositories.pypi_repository import PyPiRepository
File "/home/robz/.local/share/pypoetry/venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/poetry/repositories/pypi_repository.py", line 33, in <module>
from ..inspection.info import PackageInfo
File "/home/robz/.local/share/pypoetry/venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/poetry/inspection/info.py", line 25, in <module>
from poetry.utils.env import EnvCommandError
File "/home/robz/.local/share/pypoetry/venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/poetry/utils/env.py", line 23, in <module>
import virtualenv
File "/home/robz/.local/share/pypoetry/venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/virtualenv/__init__.py", line 3, in <module>
from .run import cli_run, session_via_cli
File "/home/robz/.local/share/pypoetry/venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/virtualenv/run/__init__.py", line 11, in <module>
from ..seed.wheels.periodic_update import manual_upgrade
File "/home/robz/.local/share/pypoetry/venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/virtualenv/seed/wheels/__init__.py", line 3, in <module>
from .acquire import get_wheel, pip_wheel_env_run
File "/home/robz/.local/share/pypoetry/venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/virtualenv/seed/wheels/acquire.py", line 12, in <module>
from .bundle import from_bundle
File "/home/robz/.local/share/pypoetry/venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/virtualenv/seed/wheels/bundle.py", line 4, in <module>
from .periodic_update import periodic_update
File "/home/robz/.local/share/pypoetry/venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/virtualenv/seed/wheels/periodic_update.py", line 10, in <module>
import ssl
File "/home/robz/.pyenv/versions/3.9.10/lib/python3.9/ssl.py", line 98, in <module>
import _ssl # if we can't import it, let the error propagate
ImportError: libssl.so.1.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory


Is there an easy fix ? For example, having libssl.so.1.1 available without having to uninstall OpenSSL 3 (I don't know if it's even possible).

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