Actually it seems the file was simply renamed, not removed. Here is a workaround which lead to successful starting of the service: # ln -s libmysqlclient.so libmysqlclient.so.18 # systemctl start bacula-dir.service # systemctl status bacula-dir.service ��� bacula-dir.service - LSB: bacula director Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/bacula-dir; generated; vendor preset: disabled) Active: active (running) since Mon 2018-07-23 18:28:37 EEST; 4s ago Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8) Process: 6239 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/bacula-dir start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Tasks: 3 (limit: 4915) CGroup: /system.slice/bacula-dir.service ������6247 /usr/sbin/bacula-dir -c /etc/bacula/bacula-dir.conf Jul 23 18:28:37 pc systemd[1]: Starting LSB: bacula director... Jul 23 18:28:37 pc bacula-dir[6239]: Starting the Bacula Director: ..done Jul 23 18:28:37 pc systemd[1]: Started LSB: bacula director.