Still getting errors while running ./configure

[Longman, Bill]

> I got the XFree86-devel loaded on my machine and the c++ 
> compiler, but I
> am still getting errors.  I placed the output from the check for the
> XFree86 and the next few lines until the error.  I would like to know
> what else I need to get on my machine to be able to run this with out
> errors.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> checking for X... libraries /usr/X11R6/lib, headers /usr/X11R6/include
> checking for IceConnectionNumber in -lICE... yes
> checking for libXext... yes
> checking for Xinerama... no
> checking for pthread_create in -lpthread... yes
> checking for extra includes... no
> checking for extra libs... no
> checking for libz... configure: error: not found. Check your
> installation and look into config.log

Keep going John! You're almost there!

You need zlib.

yum install zlib

You might also need zlib-devel. You might want to look through the README or
INSTALL files and see what other libraries you might need. They are usually
listed in one of these files.

HTH,

Bill