%general-entities; ]> Zlib-&zlib-version; 64 Bit Zlib Installation of Zlib CC="gcc ${BUILD64}" CXX="g++ ${BUILD64}" ./configure --prefix=/usr \ --shared --libdir=/usr/lib64 The previous command installed a .so file in /usr/lib64. We will remove itinto /lib64 and then relink it to /usr/lib64: mv /usr/lib64/libz.so.* /lib64 ln -sf ../../lib64/libz.so.1 /usr/lib64/libz.so chmod 644 /usr/lib64/libz.a