Bug ID 1239253: [Ubuntu][ARM] Web f5vpn is not launched while establishing VPN

Last Modified: Oct 19, 2025

Affected Product(s):
APM-Clients TMOS(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
7.2.4.1, 7.2.4.2, 7.2.4.3, 7.2.4.4, 7.2.4.5, 7.2.4.6, 7.2.4.7, 7.2.4.8, 7.2.5, 7.2.5.1, 7.2.5.2, 7.2.5.3, 7.2.6, 7.2.6.1

Opened: Feb 13, 2023

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

Web F5 VPN will not be launched if the debian based linux OS on ARM64 does not have library /lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libpcre16.so.3

Impact

Users will not be able to launch web F5 VPN on certain debian based linux OS on ARM64 architecture.

Conditions

Certain Linux based OS misses a system library, libpcre16-3 present at /lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libpcre16.so.3 which helps to launch web F5 VPN on aarch64.

Workaround

Users who want to use web F5 VPN on debian based OS running on ARM64 which does not have /lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libpcre16.so.3 should install libpcre16-3 using one of the following commands. sudo apt install libpcre16-3 (or) sudo apt-get install libpcre16-3

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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