trying to install XFree86 (Xinstall.sh), getting error

[gwu]

I am getting some errors while running the Xinstall.sh
install script. Any hints?

thanks

*********************
....
Running ldconfig

Updating the fonts.dir file in
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local.../usr/X11R6/bin/mkfontscale:
error while loading shared libraries: libz.so.1:
cannot open shared object file: No such file or
directory

Updating the fonts.dir file in
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc.../usr/X11R6/bin/mkfontscale:
error while loading shared libraries: libz.so.1:
cannot open shared object file: No such file or
directory
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after the install, when running any newly installed X
program I get the same error:
*********************
>startx
X: error while loading shared libraries: libz.so.1:
cannot open shared object file: No such file or
directory
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[nawlej]

Looks like you need to install the zlib package.....You can get it from sunfreeware.

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[morse]--... ...--[/morse], Eric.

 

[gwu]

I already installed zlib-1.2.1 downloaded from

http://www.gzip.org/zlib/.

But after configure/make/make install, i do not see that particular file in /usr/local/lib:libz.so.1 . It only creates: libz.a.


Thanks

 

[nawlej]

whoops, my answer was for solaris....That is happening to me a lot lately.

Anyway,

Any way you could possibly back that installation out? I would try to find the RPM for it instead of building it from source. RPM's are (for the most part) foolproof.

___________________________________
[morse]--... ...--[/morse], Eric.

 

[flugh]

I'd recompile zlib, but use ./configure --prefix=/usr (it defaults to /usr/local) or go into /usr/lib and do a 'ln -s /usr/local/lib/libz*so*'. Also check /etc/ld.so.conf for the /usr/local/lib path and, if it isn't there, add it then run 'ldconfig' to update the dynamic library loader's cache.

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JBR

 

[jaymzter]

Xfree comes with it's own version of zlib. you need to delete that and rerun ldconfig. that will fix your problem.

 

[jaymzter]

xfree's version of zlib is in the utils package. you don't need it as it contains stuff already installed on your system.
make sure your hosts.def file has

/* These settings ensure we use our libraries ******************************/
#define HasFreetype2 YES
#define HasExpat YES
#define HasLibpng YES
#define HasZlib YES

assuming you're building from source. I only do this from source, so if you're using the binaries i'm not sure, but it does sound like the zlib conflict