this simple gist gives you a gist of how to use zlib, the code was originally from https://bobobobo.wordpress.com/ but i had to convert it to be compile-able on almost every machine including windows.
- Compile:
gcc -o zlib-howto main.c --std=c99 -lz - Run:
./zlib-howtoorzlib-howto.exe(on windows)
make sure you have zlib installed.
- Arch & Derivatives:
pacman -S zlib - Debian & Derivatives:
sudo apt-get install zlib1g zlib1g-dev