I am trying to load vmware-vdiskmanager to repair a .vmdk file

As an exmaple

vmware-vdiskmanager -R /home/user/vmware/Windows7/Windows7.vmdk

I get this error

VMware Workstation Error:

VMware Workstation unrecoverable error: (app)

SSLLoadSharedLibrary: Failed to load library libcrypto.so.0.9.8:/usr/bin/libdir/lib/libcrypto.so.0.9.8/libcrypto.so.0.9.8: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

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I have downloaded libcrypto.0.9.8, but it is located in:

/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/

I have tried to create a symbolic link

sudo ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcrypto.so.0.9.8 /usr/bin/libdir/lib/libcrypto.so.0.9.8/libcrypto.so.0.9.8

I get:

ln: failed to create symbolic link ‘./libcrypto.so.0.9.8’: Permission denied

i know I am just missing something very basic on what I need to do to get this point to the right library, I just am looking for what I need to do to get it working.