I encountered with this error while attempted compiling fasta36 on my Ubuntu 12.04.3 64 bit machine:
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lz
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [fasta36] Error 1
I used following command:
make -f ../make/Makefile.linux64_sse2
I guessed it could be due to absence or broken symbolic link so tried to find the correct file. I could see in my /usr/lib directory following files:
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Nov 18 2011 libzbar.so.0 -> libzbar.so.0.2.0
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 187480 Nov 18 2011 libzbar.so.0.2.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 25 Nov 12 18:54 libzeitgeist-1.0.so.1 -> libzeitgeist-1.0.so.1.1.4
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 122048 May 4 2012 libzeitgeist-1.0.so.1.1.4
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 Nov 12 18:54 libzephyr.so.4 -> libzephyr.so.4.0.0
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 55672 Apr 30 2011 libzephyr.so.4.0.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 Nov 26 2010 libzvbi-chains.so.0 -> libzvbi-chains.so.0.0.0
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 60112 Nov 26 2010 libzvbi-chains.so.0.0.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 Nov 26 2010 libzvbi.so.0 -> libzvbi.so.0.13.1
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 546768 Nov 26 2010 libzvbi.so.0.13.1
I have no idea which one of these represent the -lz?
Could someone help me sort this one out here? I appreciate your time and help.
