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Linux: Symlinks for libldap.so.2 and liblber.so.2

After installing the OpenLDAP client libraries for Linux, you must ensure that the appropriate symlinks libldap.so.2 and liblber.so.2 exist in your library directory, which is usually /lib or /usr/lib.

They're usually created by default when installing the OpenLDAP client libraries package and refer directly or indirectly to the latest version of the corresponding library located in the same directory, for example:

root@linux ~ % ls -l /usr/lib/libldap.so.2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jul 18  2021 /usr/lib/libldap.so.2 -> libldap.so
root@linux ~ % ls -l /usr/lib/libldap.so
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 Jul 18  2021 /usr/lib/libldap.so -> libldap-2.4.so.2.11.7
root@linux ~ % ls -l /usr/lib/liblber.so.2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jul 18  2021 /usr/lib/liblber.so.2 -> liblber.so
root@linux ~ % ls -l /usr/lib/liblber.so
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 Jul 18  2021 /usr/lib/liblber.so -> liblber-2.4.so.2.11.7

If these symlinks do not exist, you can create direct links to the corresponding library using the following commands:

root@linux ~ % ln -s /usr/lib/libldap-2.X.so.2.Y.Z /usr/lib/libldap.so.2
root@linux ~ % ln -s /usr/lib/liblber-2.X.so.2.Y.Z /usr/lib/liblber.so.2