[ubuntu-mono] [Bug 630391] Re: Missing libodbc.so symbolic link

[Mathias Gug]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make
Ubuntu better.

/usr/lib/libodbc.so is part of unixodbc-dev as it should be. This is
probably a problem with mono then.

** Package changed: unixodbc (Ubuntu) => mono (Ubuntu)

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Missing libodbc.so symbolic link
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Bug description:
Binary package hint: unixodbc

The mono library System.Data.Odbc searches for libodbc.so but the unixodbc package does not create this symbolic link.  That means ODBCConnection.Open() fails with a LibraryNotFound exception.

I was able to fix this by running
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/libodbc.so.1 /usr/lib/libodbc.so

The unixodbc package should create this link automatically so mono works properly.