library libcrypt not found - build failure for 2023.w27

In 2023.w27, libcrypt is made a hard requirement during build procedure. On my PC - Ubuntu 18.04 distribution, build fails with error "No package libcrypt found".

command "locate libcrypt.so" indicated that libcrypt is located in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcrypt.so but the build system does not find it.

Any suggestions welcome.