libz

libz

A Massively Spiffy Yet Delicately Unobtrusive Compression Library

General Information

The HLRN system does not meet the requirements of some software and a separate zlib-library is provided.

Read more on the vendor pages.

Version

Compiler

Build date

Installation Path

modulefile

Version

Compiler

Build date

Installation Path

modulefile

1.2.11

gcc-8

22-jan-2020

/sw/tools/zlib/<version>

zlib/gcc.8/1.2.11

1.2.13

gcc-9

28-jul-2023

/sw/tools/zlib/<version>

zlib/gcc.8/1.2.13

intel-22

28.-jul-2023

/sw/tools/zlib/<version>

zlib/intel.22/1.2.13 

For some more information consult the man-page.

Usage at HLRN

Load the modulefile

$ module load zlib

This provides access to the script pkg-config that can be used to explore details of the library installation.  The environment variable LD_RUN_PATH is set to make linking with rpath easy.

Building zlib

Installation includes

  • download from web page

  • load a compiler module file

  • run configure. Use --prefix=<install_path>.

  • run make, make test and make install.