Error appears when importing matlab engine to python

Hi there,

I am running a python script in which matlab engine is imported.

However, I got this error:

EnvironmentError: Please reinstall MATLAB Engine for Python or contact MathWorks Technical Support for assistance: /home/kewu/MATLAB/extern/engines/python/dist/matlab/engine/glnxa64/../../../../../../../bin/glnxa64/libssl.so.1.1: symbol EVP_idea_cbc version OPENSSL_1_1_0 not defined in file libcrypto.so.1.1 with link time reference.

Could you tell me how to fix it?

Thanks in advance,

Ke

[Kåre Jean Jensen]

I see the exact same error on R2019b.

-Kåre

[Zvi Baratz]

I'm also getting the same error, unfortunately no solution yet.

[Zvi Baratz]

It's far from ideal, but the solution I found was too move the import matlab.engine statement from the top of the imported module into a function or method within in.

To illustrate, instead of:

```

import matlab.engine

def run_matlab_analysis(*args, **kwargs) -> result:

engine = matlab.engine.start_matlab()

...

```

Simply use:

```

def run_matlab_analysis(*args, **kwargs) -> result:

import matlab.engine

engine = matlab.engine.start_matlab()

...

```

Now, the import statement will only be executed upon calling the function (and not upon being imported, which seems to be the problem).