Links: Missing libz.so.1

[AwlsomeAlex]

Whenever I try to load Links I get the following error:

links: error while loading shared libraries: libz.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

And when I check my /lib and /lib64, the library file is not present. Is there maybe a configuration workaround, or does the dependency HAVE to be added?

EDIT: Adding the --disable-zlib argument to the configuration to see what happens.

EDIT 2: That gave the same error. Any Suggestions?

[ivandavidov]

The overlay software compilation process is host OS dependent. Therefore, my intention is to disable the overlay bundles by default since this compilation process may break the overall MLL build process. This needs to be documented before the next release.

Regarding your issue - follow the instructions here and see if you can compile & run Links outside of the MLL environment:

http://links.twibright.com/download.php

Also, according to my initial documentation the Links binary is self sufficient. Please refer to this document:

https://github.com/ivandavidov/minimal/blob/master/src/README

This means that most probably the issue is on your machine and therefore it's up to you to locate it and fix it. Once you build the Links binary you can use the ldd command and check which shared libraries Links requires and where these libraries are expected to be. Refer to this document for more details:

http://ask.xmodulo.com/check-library-dependency-program-process-linux.html

[ivandavidov]

I updated the MLL components with their most recent stable versions. I also updated the Links build process and the zlib issue should no longer be a problem. I used --without-zlib which completely ignores zlib during the build process.

Please check the most recent source code and confirm whether the issue has been fixed.

[AwlsomeAlex]

Okay. I'll test it out later today.

[AwlsomeAlex]

That solved it.