#878703 Irssi: Error loading module otr/otr: libgcrypt.so.11: cannot open shared object file

Package:
irssi-plugin-otr
Source:
irssi
Description:
Off-The-Record messaging plugin for Irssi
Submitter:
Steve Revilak
Date:
2017-10-15 23:57:05 UTC
Severity:
normal
#878703#5
Date:
2017-10-15 23:52:16 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Maintainer,

I'm writing to report a problem with irssi-plugin-otr, on a new
installation of Debian 9.2 (i386).

Attempts to load the otr module within irssi fail, with what looks
like a unsatisfied shared library dependency.  Here's the result of
typing "/load otr" into irssi's input area

19:45 -!- Irssi: Error loading module otr/otr: libgcrypt.so.11: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

I would have expected irssi to respond with "Loaded module otr/otr",
or something to that effect.

Subsequent attempts to use the otr plugin (e.g., "/otr init") produce
the error message "Irssi: Unknown command: otr".

I see that debian 9.2 includes a newer version of libgcrypt, but irssi
appears to have a dependency on libgcrypt.so.11.

I tried installing the libgcrypt11-dev package.  This did not change
the behavior I've observed.