configure: error: cannot find libz

Question

Building Mesos 1.3.0 from sources on linux-mint release 18.2 I get the following message:

configure: error: cannot find libz

When I try to search packages starts with libz* I get many packages names starting with libz. Which one is the right package I should install it?

Answer 1

Try installing zlib1g-dev. It's listed in the documentation

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Linux Mint 18.2 is based on Ubuntu 16.04.

So, you should follow instructions for Ubuntu 16.04.

 # Update the packages.
 $ sudo apt-get update

 # Install a few utility tools.
 $ sudo apt-get install -y tar wget git

 # Install the latest OpenJDK.
 $ sudo apt-get install -y openjdk-8-jdk

 # Install autotools (Only necessary if building from git repository).
 $ sudo apt-get install -y autoconf libtool

 # Install other Mesos dependencies.
 $ sudo apt-get -y install build-essential python-dev python-six python-virtualenv libcurl4-nss-dev libsasl2-dev libsasl2-modules maven libapr1-dev libsvn-dev zlib1g-dev