zlib is designed to be a free, general-purpose, legally unencumbered -- that is, not covered by any patents -- lossless data-compression library for use on virtually any computer hardware and operating system. The zlib data format is itself portable across platforms.
CODE:# To compile and test, type:
# ./configure; make test
# The call of configure is optional if you don't have special requirements
# If you wish to build zlib as a shared library, use: ./configure -s
# To install /usr/local/lib/libz.* and /usr/local/include/zlib.h, type:
# make install
# To install in $HOME instead of /usr/local, use:
# make install prefix=$HOME