# Default Ubuntu dist just changed to Focal? Need a libssl 1.x

**URL:** <https://travis-ci.community/t/default-ubuntu-dist-just-changed-to-focal-need-a-libssl-1-x/14650>\
**Category:** Linux\
**Created:** [July 4, 2025, 12:33pm UTC](https://travis-ci.community/t/default-ubuntu-dist-just-changed-to-focal-need-a-libssl-1-x/14650 "2025-07-04T12:33:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![jrg](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/travis-ci.community/jrg/32/8078_2.png) [@jrg](https://travis-ci.community/u/jrg)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2025, 12:33pm UTC](https://travis-ci.community/t/default-ubuntu-dist-just-changed-to-focal-need-a-libssl-1-x/14650/1 "2025-07-04T12:33:48Z")

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The [Build Environment Overview](https://docs.travis-ci.com/user/reference/overview/) docs continue to say that Xenial (16.04) is the default, yet we have just (part-way through our morning) experienced builds failing after an apparent shift of the default from Xenial to Focal. Yes, I know that Xenial is no longer in LTS from Ubuntu, but a heads up to prepare and test for this would have been nice.

The issue with the change, other than the unexpected surprise and disruption, is that we have components that rely upon libssl 1.x to function, and that isn’t there in the Focal installation. What’s the best way to rectify that?

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**Author:** ![jrg](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/travis-ci.community/jrg/32/8078_2.png) [@jrg](https://travis-ci.community/u/jrg)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2025, 12:57pm UTC](https://travis-ci.community/t/default-ubuntu-dist-just-changed-to-focal-need-a-libssl-1-x/14650/3 "2025-07-17T12:57:46Z")

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Anyone from Travis still alive out there?

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**Author:** ![Montana](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/travis-ci.community/montana/32/9566_2.png) [@Montana](https://travis-ci.community/u/Montana)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2025, 4:02pm UTC](https://travis-ci.community/t/default-ubuntu-dist-just-changed-to-focal-need-a-libssl-1-x/14650/4 "2025-08-05T16:02:43Z")

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Hi @jrg,

```auto
dist: focal
addons:
  apt:
    packages:
      - wget

before_install:
  - wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/o/openssl1.1/libssl1.1_1.1.1f-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb
  - sudo dpkg -i libssl1.1_1.1.1f-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb

```

Try this in your .travis.yml, this should do it. To my knowledge security updates for this library have stopped; deprecated.