/usr/bin/ld: cannot find lz

sdyates2001 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I have installed DBI, Msql-mysql and Datashow many times, but this time I am having trouble. I keep getting cannot find lz or ldz when I run make on Msql-mysql! I have install gcc and am installing as root. My PATH looks pretty good. I have no idea what is causing this. Have I forgotten something for perl? Please advise, Simon

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Re: /usr/bin/ld: cannot find lz by seesik (Initiate) on Sep 17, 2001 at 02:44 UTC
hmm, i've seen this before on a solaris box. iirc, i was just missing some shared compression libs. can you tell us a little more about your environment, specifically your os/distro, so that we can tell you which package(s) to install? you might already have libz.so on your box (`find / -name libz.* -print` or just use `locate` if you have findutils around). if you DO have libz.so, just try pointing your LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable at it and relinking. cheers.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: /usr/bin/ld: cannot find lz by cLive ;-) (Prior) on Sep 17, 2001 at 14:28 UTC
after the 'sick' rm /usr/bin/ladin jokes on /., I'd think a little more when creating question subjects. cLive ;-) ps - shows how bad I was, I read on coz I thought the "cannot find lz" was some weird political reference that I should have known about... sigh	[reply]