Re: Bug #15179 Updated: php cannot find zlib when configuring

Carlo De Bruin wrote:

greetings my question is bellow ID: 15179 Updated by: edink Reported By: carlo@parknet.co.za Status: Bogus Bug Type: Zlib Related Operating System: Redhat 7.1 PHP Version: 4.1.1 New Comment: I am trying to install mysql-3.23.47-pc-gnu-i686 ; apache-1.3.22 and php-4.1.1 when I type # ]./configure --with-mysql=../mysql --with-apxs=/www/apache/bin/apxs --with-zl ib=/usr/lib I get this warning: checking for crypt in -lcrypt... yes Configuring extensions checking if the location of ZLIB install directory is defined... no checking whether to include ZLIB support... yes configure: error: Cannot find libz And this causes apache not to start and zlib-1.1.3-12.i386.rpm & zlib-devel-1.1.3-12.rpm is installed ass well Please help me I have serched and found similar problems but not many if any solutions. I am also in a learning process in linux Thank you Carlo ------------------------------------------------------------------------

Install zlib package. To check if you have zlib rpm -qa | grep zlib. You need both zlib and zlib-devel rpm. (I'm not using RedHat, so I could wrong :) -- Yasuo Ohgaki Please CC me when you reply to news/list messages. Do not send reply only to me :)