Segmentation Fault with new OpenSSL

[hymie0]

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zsh: segmentation fault  ./youtube-dl -v
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zsh: segmentation fault  ./youtube-dl
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Description of your issue, suggested solution and other information

I recently upgraded my version of OpenSSL from the very old 0.9.8-something to a more recent 1.0.2h. Now I cannot run youtube-dl. I downloaded the newest 2016-08-06 on a different computer running OpenSSL 1.0.2a and it works perfectly on that machine. Both machines should be configured roughly the same (but probably not exactly the same).

If I reinstall the old OpenSSL 0.9.8 libraries, then youtube-dl works correctly. But I don't want the old version conflicting with any other software that I have.

When I uninstall both 0.9.8 and 1.0.2 , I get this error:

newlaptop-pts/0:~% youtube-dl
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/runpy.py", line 122, in _run_module_as_main
    "__main__", fname, loader, pkg_name)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/runpy.py", line 34, in _run_code
    exec code in run_globals
  File "youtube-dl/__main__.py", line 16, in <module>
  File "youtube-dl/youtube_dl/__init__.py", line 15, in <module>
  File "youtube-dl/youtube_dl/options.py", line 8, in <module>
  File "youtube-dl/youtube_dl/downloader/__init__.py", line 3, in <module>
  File "youtube-dl/youtube_dl/downloader/common.py", line 8, in <module>
  File "youtube-dl/youtube_dl/compat.py", line 25, in <module>
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/urllib2.py", line 91, in <module>
    import hashlib
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/hashlib.py", line 136, in <module>
    md5 = __get_builtin_constructor('md5')
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/hashlib.py", line 63, in __get_builtin_constructor
    import _md5
ImportError: No module named _md5

Perhaps I compiled OpenSSL incorrectly, but nothing else has complained.

[yan12125]

Which OS are you using? I guess you need to recompile Python after upgrading OpenSSL.

[hymie0]

I'm sorry. Slackware 13 / Linux 3.18.25 . I will try to upgrade Python...

[hymie0]

Resolved. Thanks for the tip.