codex-rs does not run on Ubuntu 20.04, requires libssl3
Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened Jun 4, 2025 by rgov Closed Oct 16, 2025
Codex says that it supports Ubuntu 20.04+ but the codex-rs binaries require libssl3, which is not available in the apt repositories.
$ codex
codex: error while loading shared libraries: libssl.so.3: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
$ apt search libssl
libssl1.1/focal-updates,focal-security,now 1.1.1f-1ubuntu2.24 arm64 [installed,automatic]
Secure Sockets Layer toolkit - shared libraries
codex-cli does work under Node 22 from an external apt repository.
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