source: BOOK/final-system/common/zlib.xml@ 1f9faab

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<sect1 id="ch-system-zlib" role="wrap">
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  <title>Zlib-&zlib-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="ch-system-zlib">
    <primary sortas="a-Zlib">Zlib</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title/>

    <para>The Zlib package contains compression and decompression routines
    used by some programs.</para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of Zlib</title>

    <para os="a">Prepare Zlib for compilation:</para>

<screen os="b"><userinput>CC="gcc -isystem /usr/include" CXX="g++ -isystem /usr/include" \
    LDFLAGS="-Wl,-rpath-link,/lib" ./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen>

    <para os="c">Compile the package:</para>

<screen os="d"><userinput>make</userinput></screen>

    <para os="e">To test the results, issue:
    <userinput>make check</userinput>.</para>

    <para os="f">Install the package:</para>

<screen os="g"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>

    <para os="h">The previous command installed two <filename
    class="extension">.so</filename> files into <filename
    class="directory">/usr/lib</filename>. We will move it into
    <filename class="directory">/lib</filename> and then relink it
    to <filename class="directory">/usr/lib</filename>:</para>

<screen os="i"><userinput>mv -v /usr/lib/libz.so.* /lib
ln -svf ../../lib/libz.so.1 /usr/lib/libz.so</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 id="contents-zlib" role="content">
    <title>Contents of Zlib</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>libz.[a,so]</seg>
      </seglistitem>
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    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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      <varlistentry id="libz">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libz</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Contains compression and decompression
          functions used by some programs</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-zlib libz">
            <primary sortas="c-libz">libz</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
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    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

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