ovftool install fails due to libpython3.7m.so.1.0 missing

[aott]

The install of ovftool from VMware-ovftool-4.4.0-15722219-lin.x86_64.bundle on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS fails. Please advise how to proceed.

root@ubuntu-qcore:/tmp# cat /etc/os-release

NAME="Ubuntu"

VERSION="18.04.4 LTS (Bionic Beaver)"

ID=ubuntu

ID_LIKE=debian

PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS"

VERSION_ID="18.04"

HOME_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/"

SUPPORT_URL="https://help.ubuntu.com/"

BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/"

PRIVACY_POLICY_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/legal/terms-and-policies/privacy-policy"

VERSION_CODENAME=bionic

UBUNTU_CODENAME=bionic

root@ubuntu-qcore:/tmp# ls -la VMware-ovftool-4.4.0-15722219-lin.x86_64.bundle

-rw-r--r-- 1 user group 40439098 Apr  2 09:22 VMware-ovftool-4.4.0-15722219-lin.x86_64.bundle

root@ubuntu-qcore:/tmp# sh VMware-ovftool-4.4.0-15722219-lin.x86_64.bundle

Extracting VMware Installer...done.

/usr/lib/vmware-installer/3.0.0/vmis-launcher: error while loading shared libraries: libpython3.7m.so.1.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

root@ubuntu-qcore:/tmp# /usr/bin/ovftool --version

VMware ovftool 4.3.0 (build-13981069)

root@ubuntu-qcore:/tmp#

The "missing" library file is present on the system from the previous install of ovftool:

root@ubuntu-qcore:/tmp# find / -name libpython3.7m.so.1.0 -ls

  1320180   3096 -rw-r--r--   1 root     root      3167376 Dec 20 15:24 /usr/lib/vmware-installer/3.0.0/python/libpython3.7m.so.1.0

root@ubuntu-qcore:/tmp#

[dgold]

I was able to successfully install on same version of Ubuntu.  Perhaps the uninstallation was skipped?  here are the steps I followed:

x@ubuntu:~/Downloads$ ovftool -v

VMware ovftool 4.3.0 (build-13981069)

x@ubuntu:~/Downloads$ sudo vmware-installer -u vmware-ovftool

x@ubuntu:~$ sudo sh ./Downloads/VMware-ovftool-4.4.0-15722219-lin.x86_64.bundle

Extracting VMware Installer...done.

x@ubuntu:~$ ovftool -v

VMware ovftool 4.4.0 (build-15722219)

x@ubuntu:~$ lsb_release -a

No LSB modules are available.

Distributor ID:    Ubuntu

Description:    Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS

Release:    18.04

Codename:    bionic

x@ubuntu:~$ uname -a

Linux ubuntu 5.3.0-28-generic #30~18.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jan 17 06:14:09 UTC 2020 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

[darock347]

you can put a link in /usr/lib64 like this

cd to where the libpython3.7m.so.1.0 is located, then type this

# ln -s libpython3.7m.so.1.0 /usr/lib64/libpython3.7m.so.1.0