Undefined reference to SSL_library_init and SSL_load_error_strings

Question

I am implementing a OpenSSL code and have already included required header files but still I am getting errors like *

undefined reference to SSL

Answer 1

ldd libssl.so -> libcrypto.so.1.1 => not found

sudo ln -s /usr/local/lib64/libcrypto.so.1.1 /usr/lib64/libcrypto.so.1.1

libcrypto.so.1.1 => /lib64/libcrypto.so.1.1 (0x00007f17d46c7000)