On 20-Jan-2002 Nexist Xenda'ths wrote: > I get an error when running configure for bbconf. Is this where I ask for > help, or is there a forum specific to bbconf? > > "checking for libz... configure: error: not found. Check your installation > and look into config.log" > > I do not understand the contents of config.log >
the pertinent info is at the end. configure checks for a library for compiling a small sample program against the library. If it failed you have one of 3 issues: * library is installed, but configure does not see it * library is installed (usually via a package), but you do not have the headers and/or the libz.so symlink. * you really do not have libz. The last 2 are the usual suspects. If you use a packaging system (RH, Debian, etc) check them for a package with a name similar to 'libz' or 'zlib'. If you have one, check for 'libz-dev' or 'zlib-dev' or possibly -devel. If you have the former but not the later, simply install the -dev (or -devel) package. This package contains the bits you need to compile a program against the library but are not needed for everyday use so are kept separate to save disk space.
