zlib not found configure failed for lal

[mdiaz46]

I everyone, Im new here and I have a issue I need help with the following.

I am following the instructions here https://gnome.pages.gitlab.rlp.net/gdas/installation.html
to get gdas going for a summer research project I (and team) are doing for gravitational wave analysis at California State University.

I made it to this step: ./configure --enable-swig-python --prefix=/where/to/install

After I execute this is the error I get. I searched online, tried many solutions but non worked for me.
configure: error: could not find the zlib library
configure: error: ./configure failed for lal

Running: MacBook Air 12.3 Monterey M1
Python 3.10
installed zlib via brew, pip, and nothing.

if I run whereis zlib I get nothing.

pls help, how to fix this?

[mdiaz46]

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Running config.status.

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This file was extended by LALSuite config.status 7.5.1, which was
generated by GNU Autoconf 2.71. Invocation command line was

CONFIG_FILES =
CONFIG_HEADERS =
CONFIG_LINKS =
CONFIG_COMMANDS =
$ ./config.status

on Marlons-MacBook-Air.local

config.status:780: creating Makefile
config.status:780: creating wheel/Makefile
config.status:780: creating wheel/setup.py
configure:5446: === configuring in lal (/opt/lalsuite/lal)
configure:5507: running /bin/sh ./configure --disable-option-checking '--prefix=/opt' '--enable-swig-python' --cache-file=/dev/null --srcdir=.
configure:5512: error: ./configure failed for lal

[mdiaz46]

checking for pthread.h... yes
checking for pkg-config... no
checking for ZLIB... no
checking for library containing compress... no
configure: error: could not find the zlib library
configure: error: ./configure failed for lal