[ZSNES 1.50] Configure can't find zlib

Burbuja · Post by **Burbuja** » Sat Dec 23, 2006 10:57 pm

Hello. I am trying to install Zsnes 1.50 on Mandriva 2007 (kernel 2.6.17) and it won't let me.

Configure says:
checking for sdl-config... /usr/bin/sdl-config
checking for SDL - version >= 1.2.0... yes
checking for zlib - version >= 1.2.3... no
configure: error: zlib >= 1.2.3 is required

But zlib *is* installed, according to the Mandriva package manager.

I tried downloading and installing zlib, and installed it under /usr/local, but zsnes' configure still can't find it. The command I am using is:

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./configure --with-zlib-prefix=/usr/local/

Any ideas? Thanks.

CyberBotX · Post by **CyberBotX** » Sun Dec 24, 2006 2:54 am

Just because zlib is installed doesn't mean it's the latest version. Check zlib.h and see if it says "1.2.3" for ZLIB_VERSION. If not, there's your problem.

Deathlike2 · Post by **Deathlike2** » Sun Dec 24, 2006 3:03 am

Ah, I didn't notice that initially. That does sound about right. If your distro doesn't have 1.2.3 or has problems with it, blame your distro and tell them to fix it. Alternatively, you can grab the source from the zlib website and compile it.

Post by **Nach** » Sun Dec 24, 2006 3:55 am

And you need the development headers, not just the library itself.

Burbuja · Post by **Burbuja** » Sun Dec 24, 2006 5:19 pm

I have downloaded and compiled the sources. The lib was installed under /usr/local (/usr/local/libz.a), and the headers are at /usr/local/include/zlib.h.

The version is indeed 1.2.3, both the version installed by Mandriva (I also installed the -dev package) and the version I installed by hand.

Post by **Nach** » Sun Dec 24, 2006 8:41 pm

I'd put the proper files in the proper locations.

libz.a and libz.so in /usr/lib and zlib.h in /usr/include.