zlib deve install issue.

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When running ./configure to install Celestia 1.6.0

I get the following error:
checking for deflate in -lz… no
configure: error: zlib not found.

Reading several threads on similar errors, I found I needed to install “zlib-devel-1.2.3-33.x86_64.rpm”

So I downloaded that file, then let YAST try to install it, and received the following:
http://i31.tinypic.com/r1jzf6.jpg

I don’t get that error at all. YAST is looking at the very package it says is not there. The way I read this, it appears zlib-dev requires zlib-dev to be installed in order to install zlib-dev.

:frowning:

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make-fixed wrote:

> When running ./configure to install Celestia 1.6.0
>
> I get the following error:
> checking for deflate in -lz… no
> configure: error: zlib not found.
>
> Reading several threads on similar errors, I found I needed to install
> “zlib-devel-1.2.3-33.x86_64.rpm”
>
> So I downloaded that file,

From what place did you download that file? :-?

> then let YAST try to install it, and
> received the following:
> [image: http://i31.tinypic.com/r1jzf6.jpg]
>
> I don’t get that error at all. YAST is looking at the very package it
> says is not there. The way I read this, it appears zlib-dev requires
> zlib-dev to be installed in order to install zlib-dev.

You can use YaST software management module to install “zlib-devel” package
for your system. That rpm is available under /oss repo.

Greetings,

–
Camaleón

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From what place did you download that file?

http://dir.filewatcher.com/d/SuSE/10.2/x86_64/Development/Languages/C%20and%20C%2B%2B/zlib-devel-1.2.3-33.x86_64.rpm.73901.html

You can use YaST software management module to install “zlib-devel” package
for your system. That rpm is available under /oss repo.

When I looked at YAST, the -dev packs weren’t available. It’s probably due to the fact I’m on a suse10.2 box :frowning: and the old online repositories are gone/dead.

That was why I was going the rpm route… or trying to anyway.

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make-fixed wrote:

>> From what place did you download that file?
> http://tinyurl.com/ma827x

It seems the “filewatcher” server is having problems :slight_smile:

Internal Server Error
The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable
to complete your request.

>> You can use YaST software management module to install “zlib-devel”
>> package
>> for your system. That rpm is available under /oss repo.
>
> When I looked at YAST, the -dev packs weren’t available. It’s probably
> due to the fact I’m on a suse10.2 box :frowning: and the old online repositories
> are gone/dead.
>
> That was why I was going the rpm route… or trying to anyway.

Mmmm, let me think… opensuse 10.2 repo should be available at some server.
O.k. you’re lucky, it is still there :wink:

http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/distribution/10.2/repo/oss/

Just add that repo and try to install it using yast software management.

Greetings,

–
Camaleón

5

Thanks. That did have the dev package and I did install it.

I’m still getting the same -zlib not found- error.

:frowning:

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make-fixed wrote:

> Thanks. That did have the dev package and I did install it.
>
> I’m still getting the same -zlib not found- error.
>
> :frowning:

So the error maybe somewhere in the ./configure file of Celestia. This seems
to be the offending piece of code:

rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext conftest_ipa8_conftest.oo
conftest$ac_exeext conftest.$ac_ext
LIBS=$ac_check_lib_save_LIBS
fi
{ echo “$as_me:$LINENO: result: $ac_cv_lib_z_deflate” >&5
echo “${ECHO_T}$ac_cv_lib_z_deflate” >&6; }
if test $ac_cv_lib_z_deflate = yes; then
cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
#define HAVE_LIBZ 1
_ACEOF

LIBS="-lz $LIBS"

else
{ { echo “$as_me:$LINENO: error: zlib not found.” >&5
echo “$as_me: error: zlib not found.” >&2;}
{ (exit 1); exit 1; }; }
fi

Not sure what to tweak here, maybe someone with programming skills can help
O:-)

OTOH, have you tried the version that comes bundled with openSUSE 10.2
(celestia-1.3.2)?

Greetings,

–
Camaleón

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[QUOTE=Camaleón;OTOH, have you tried the version that comes bundled with openSUSE 10.2
(celestia-1.3.2)?

Greetings,

–
Camaleón[/QUOTE]

Current version is 1.6. I have 1.5 so I’m already ahead of the 1.3 it comes bundled with. 1.6 offers a fairly ‘large-ish’ jump in resolution as well as other changes :slight_smile:

Thanks again for your help. It is appreciated.

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I just downloaded Celestia 1.6.0 and ran configure on it. It works just fine here so you either didn’t install something correctly (or not at all) or have messed something up

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make-fixed wrote:

>> Current version is 1.6. I have 1.5 so I’m already ahead of the 1.3 it
>> comes bundled with. 1.6 offers a fairly ‘large-ish’ jump in resolution
>> as well as other changes :slight_smile:

O.k. then :slight_smile:

>> Thanks again for your help. It is appreciated.

Just a thought. As you are running 64 bits OS version, did you also
install “zlib-devel-32bit-1.2.3-33.x86_64.rpm” package? :-?

Greetings,

–
Camaleón