%general-entities; ]> Zlib This patch will add -fPIC to our build and allow us to build a static and shared library at the same time: patch -Np1 -i ../&zlib-fpic-patch; The following sed tells the Makefile to pass r to AR: cp Makefile.in{,.orig} sed 's/$(AR) $@/$(AR) r $@/' Makefile.in > Makefile.in Prepare Zlib for compilation: ./configure --prefix=/usr --shared Compile the package: make Install the pacakge: make prefix=${LFS}/usr install The previous command installed a .so file in /usr/lib. We will move it into /lib and then relink it to /usr/lib: mv -v ${LFS}/usr/lib/libz.so.* ${LFS}/lib ln -svf ../../lib/libz.so.1 ${LFS}/usr/lib/libz.so Now we fix the permissions on the static library: chmod -v 644 /usr/lib/libz.a Installed libraries libz.[a,so] Short Descriptions libz Contains compression and decompression functions used by some programs libz