Is there a port or shorthand way of installing the zlib library on FreeBSD? I currently use the following:
This is somewhat contrived code and for a library as common as zlib I would guess there is an easier way to install it.
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Reason: Missing words in title; zaxxon: Subject was utterly short but user noticed already.
Yea, im having a little confusion towards installing red-hat using promise controllers. It was more easy with Windows cause it prompts me and i just press F6 at the beginning of the installation and then it gives me the list of the controllers i need (from a floppy). I tried using the noprobe on... (5 Replies)
I just reformatted my computer because of a bad tip I and I installed only the base-system to add what I'd want later. My question is how/where can I get a good X-server for Debian? I'm so used to gnome and don't really like it and want to try something else. I heard about something called: Xfree... (1 Reply)
When I gzopen & gzread from a gzip file, it works OK. But I when I try to uncompress the same data from memory (either by reading to memory with fread or mmap()ing) using decompress, I get Z_DATA_ERROR. Is it because gzip file has some kind of headers that uncompress doesn't want?
How can I get... (3 Replies)
I wrote a function which for uncompressing data for gzip or deflate format using zlib,see followed code;
source param is pointed to the compressed data,len param is the size of compressed data,
dest param is for returning the address which pointed to the uncompressed data;the last gzip param tell... (0 Replies)
Question from an AIX noob --
I recently installed an AIX box with what I thought was recent 5.3 media. After the install it was at ML 5300-00.
My question is, it seems as if each ML/TL needs to be installed prior to the next - which currently makes 6(?) updates. Am I missing something - is... (4 Replies)
Hi all,
I wanted to install the latest version of firefox 2 but it seems when I attempt to install it, it seems to be saying it is looking for c libraries version 2.3? I believe I currently have an older version of the c libraries. I am currently running Sun's JDS Linux 2003. My Mozilla web... (1 Reply)
Hi all,
I wanted to know how to compress a .zlib file..
an working on unix
so pls suggest accordingly.
the file is pretty big(500 mb)
also i would like to know any weblinks where i can get more info on various compressions commands in unix
i have tried zip,compress commands
but i have not... (1 Reply)
Hi
I have dual operating system i.e Win XP and KUBUNTU. Now my windows XP is corrupted and i want to reinstall Win XP. So i just want to know Shall i have to reinstall Linux also or i can only reinstall win xp without affecting linux installation.
Thanks
Sarbjit (3 Replies)
I am trying to configure gpac. I get the error as follows.
# ./configure
error: zlib not found on system or in local libs
I have installed zlib on custom path /usr/local/myapps. I know the above error occurs when devel package or .h file is not present. Its present on the server.
# ll... (7 Replies)
Hello I have been trying to compile glib 2.28 with needs Zlib. During the compilation process I received these messages
Then giving a look at the configure of Zlib, there was an option to static link it and I obviously used it.
So I think I can solve it by compiling a shared zlib, or by... (4 Replies)
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zlib
ZLIB(3) Library Functions Manual ZLIB(3)NAME
zlib - compression/decompression library
SYNOPSIS
[see zlib.h for full description]
DESCRIPTION
The zlib library is a general purpose data compression library. The code is thread safe, assuming that the standard library functions used
are thread safe, such as memory allocation routines. It provides in-memory compression and decompression functions, including integrity
checks of the uncompressed data. This version of the library supports only one compression method (deflation) but other algorithms may be
added later with the same stream interface.
Compression can be done in a single step if the buffers are large enough or can be done by repeated calls of the compression function. In
the latter case, the application must provide more input and/or consume the output (providing more output space) before each call.
The library also supports reading and writing files in gzip(1) (.gz) format with an interface similar to that of stdio.
The library does not install any signal handler. The decoder checks the consistency of the compressed data, so the library should never
crash even in the case of corrupted input.
All functions of the compression library are documented in the file zlib.h. The distribution source includes examples of use of the
library in the files test/example.c and test/minigzip.c, as well as other examples in the examples/ directory.
Changes to this version are documented in the file ChangeLog that accompanies the source.
zlib is available in Java using the java.util.zip package:
http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/Programming/compression/
A Perl interface to zlib, written by Paul Marquess (pmqs@cpan.org), is available at CPAN (Comprehensive Perl Archive Network) sites,
including:
http://search.cpan.org/~pmqs/IO-Compress-Zlib/
A Python interface to zlib, written by A.M. Kuchling (amk@magnet.com), is available in Python 1.5 and later versions:
http://docs.python.org/library/zlib.html
zlib is built into tcl:
http://wiki.tcl.tk/4610
An experimental package to read and write files in .zip format, written on top of zlib by Gilles Vollant (info@winimage.com), is available
at:
http://www.winimage.com/zLibDll/minizip.html and also in the contrib/minizip directory of the main zlib source distribution.
SEE ALSO
The zlib web site can be found at:
http://zlib.net/
The data format used by the zlib library is described by RFC (Request for Comments) 1950 to 1952 in the files:
http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1950 (for the zlib header and trailer format)
http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1951 (for the deflate compressed data format)
http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1952 (for the gzip header and trailer format)
Mark Nelson wrote an article about zlib for the Jan. 1997 issue of Dr. Dobb's Journal; a copy of the article is available at:
http://marknelson.us/1997/01/01/zlib-engine/
REPORTING PROBLEMS
Before reporting a problem, please check the zlib web site to verify that you have the latest version of zlib; otherwise, obtain the latest
version and see if the problem still exists. Please read the zlib FAQ at:
http://zlib.net/zlib_faq.html
before asking for help. Send questions and/or comments to zlib@gzip.org, or (for the Windows DLL version) to Gilles Vollant (info@winim-
age.com).
AUTHORS
Version 1.2.7 Copyright (C) 1995-2012 Jean-loup Gailly (jloup@gzip.org) and Mark Adler (madler@alumni.caltech.edu).
This software is provided "as-is," without any express or implied warranty. In no event will the authors be held liable for any damages
arising from the use of this software. See the distribution directory with respect to requirements governing redistribution. The deflate
format used by zlib was defined by Phil Katz. The deflate and zlib specifications were written by L. Peter Deutsch. Thanks to all the
people who reported problems and suggested various improvements in zlib; who are too numerous to cite here.
UNIX manual page by R. P. C. Rodgers, U.S. National Library of Medicine (rodgers@nlm.nih.gov).
2 May 2012 ZLIB(3)