%general-entities; ]> Zlib Prepare Zlib for compilation: CC="gcc -isystem /usr/include" CXX="g++ -isystem /usr/include" \ LDFLAGS="-Wl,-rpath-link,/lib" ./configure --prefix=/usr Compile the package: make To test the results, issue: make check. Install the package: make install The previous command installed two .so files into /usr/lib. We will move it into /lib and then relink it to /usr/lib: mv -v /usr/lib/libz.so.* /lib ln -svf ../../lib/libz.so.1 /usr/lib/libz.so Installed libraries libz.[a,so] Short Descriptions libz Contains compression and decompression functions used by some programs libz