Nicolas Alvarez wrote:
> CShake wrote:
>> I know I have zlib 1.2.3 installed, and I tried
>> '--with-zlib=/usr/include/' (where zlib.h is) and --with-zlib=/var/lib/'
>> (where libz.so is), neither of which work.
> 
> Ah those are tricky paths. When you give --with-zlib=/somewhere, it will
> search for includes in /somewhere/include and for the library
> in /somewhere/lib. I don't know what to do if you have one in /var and
> another in /usr... Symlinks?

Oops, I looked again and the /var/lib tree was the package manager temp 
files, not the installed. libz.so and libz.a are in /usr/lib as well. I 
tried --with-zlib=/usr/ [with and without the trailing slash], with the 
same results.
I may just give up for now and wait for the next official build of the 
beta, I just hoped to use my file/web server box for long renders, since 
it's got a decent dual-core CPU.

@Jim - ZLib is a shared library, libz.so.1.2.3.3 is the main file, and 
libz.so.1 and libz.so are both symlinks to it. libz.a also exists in 
/usr/lib
Did you need to use extra switches to install ZLib as shared, or to 
install povray using shared libs?

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