(1) No.
(2) Yes, it exists. However it points to /usr/lib64/panda3d a folder that does not exist.
(3) Updated it. Does not help.
Well I think problem (1) pretty much says it all. I checked and libpandaexpress.so is nowhere to be found in either /usr/lib or /usr/lib64
I guess that RPM was not built correctly. I am going to uninstall it now, and try a make-install from source.