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I want to install zlib on Debian 6. For this, I think I would use apt-get install, but I don't know which package to use. The package zlib doesn't exist, and if I install zlibc (which sounds most appropriate), running zlib -version brings up the error command not found. (I used apt-file search zlib to find zlibc.)
Is there another package which contains zlib, and how do I find this package?
strauberry
Posted 2011-05-09T09:42:12.870
Reputation: 527
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A zlib command does not exist:
$ dpkg -L zlib1g
/.
/usr
/usr/share
/usr/share/doc
/usr/share/doc/zlib1g
/usr/share/doc/zlib1g/copyright
/usr/share/doc/zlib1g/changelog.Debian.gz
/usr/share/doc/zlib1g/changelog.gz
/usr/lib
/usr/lib/libz.so.1.2.3.3
/usr/lib/libz.so.1
It is a library.
If you are searching for anything use apt-cache search.
And if you need a command to compress use either gzip or zip.
ceving
Posted 2011-05-09T09:42:12.870
Reputation: 1 737
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apt-get install zlib1g, possibly zlib1g-dev as well.
LawrenceC
Posted 2011-05-09T09:42:12.870
Reputation: 63 487
1If you're using the zip extension on the docker php image, you'll need zlib1g-dev – Ray Foss – 2016-11-18T20:59:50.397
Thank you for your answer! When I use apt-get install zlibg1, I get "zlibg1 is allready the newest version"... After installing zlib1g-dev, "which zlib" is still empty. – strauberry – 2011-05-09T10:54:02.970
I'm noticing a
/usr/lib/libz.so. Maybe Debian changed the name of it. – LawrenceC – 2011-05-09T11:00:30.450