%general-entities; ]> Zlib-&zlib-version; Zlib <para>The Zlib package contains compression and decompression routines used by some programs.</para> </sect2> <sect2 role="installation"> <title>Installation of Zlib Prepare Zlib for compilation and set to optimize for size: CFLAGS="-Os" ./configure --shared The meaning of the configure options: --shared Tells Zlib to build its shared library. Compile the package: make Install the package: make prefix=${CLFS}/cross-tools/${CLFS_TARGET} install Contents of Zlib Installed libraries libz.[a,so] Short Descriptions libz Contains compression and decompression functions used by some programs libz