libz

[PuchDriver]

hey
i got tired of win so now im trying mandrake linux 8.1... i am a newbie.
when i download a new piece of software, i will have to compile it, right?
well, i untar the .tar.gz and run configure
i all looks good, after a while it says:
checking for libz... configure: error: not found
so. where can i find this libz? without it i won't get very far.
thank you

[bdg1983]

There happens to be one available for Mandrake 8.1 right here at rpmfind (http://rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=libz&submit=Search+...).

[wrightg]

I end up with the same error but it looks like I have libz in /usr/lib;

What am i doing wrong? Is it a newer version that I need?

Here is the output from locate libz:
usr/lib/libz.so.1.1.3
/usr/lib/libzvt.so.2
/usr/lib/libzvt.so.2.2.10
/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/java2/lib/i386/libzip.so
/usr/local/devtools/jre1.3.1_01/lib/i386/libzip.so
/lib/libz.so.1
/lib/libz.so.1.1.3

Thank you.

[bdg1983]

Verify that /usr/lib and /lib are both in /etc/ld.so.conf and if not, add both paths.

Rerun ldconfig.