What is the method of installing zlib in Ubuntu?
In Ubuntu, you can install the zlib library by following these steps:
- Install using apt: execute the following command in the terminal to install the zlib library and development package:
- Please update using sudo apt and then install zlib1g and zlib1g-dev.
- Verify installation: After installation is complete, you can verify if zlib is successfully installed by using the following command.
- Display a list of installed packages and search for those containing “zlib”.
- To link zlib at compile time, you can use the following command:
- Compile your_program.c using gcc and the -lz flag to link against the zlib library, resulting in an executable named your_program.
By using the above method, you can install the zlib library on your Ubuntu system and link it to your program. Feel free to let me know if you have any other questions.