A library used for data compression. Also a crucial component of many software platforms including Linux, Mac OS X, and the iOS. The library is libz and the format is known as zlib. Most questions on this topic are tagged "zlib" not "libz".
Questions tagged [libz]
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PAK archives and zlib (zlib.dylib)
I'm currently writing an iPhone app where I need to uncompress several files from .pak archive. I'm assuming libz.dylib will probably have the ability to do this but I'm having a hard time find any code on the subject.
Anyone got any example code…

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iOS 9 Parse update questions
I have an app that uses parse and ever since updating to iOS 9 it doesn't pull any data but rather gives me this error message over and over again...
[Error]: The resource could not be loaded because the App Transport Security policy requires the…

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Illegal Instruction while using zlib in uCLinux environment
This may be completely irrelevant or very simple question.
I'm trying to write a very simple application that uses the libz library functions to do compression. It should run in uCLinux environment on a NIOS CPU. My system runs busybox and busybox…

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Xcode throws compile errors in zlib.h
I get a bunch of errors in zlib.h about unknown type names, such as z_const and z_crc_t. Guessing there may be some file (where they are defined) not being included.
Why am I including zlib.h? I need to include minizip in my project but it in-turn…

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configure test with static lib
I am trying to cross compile libpng for RaspberryPi on Ubuntu 14.04 (x_64) with zlib
but configure fails with
configure:11400: arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc -o conftest -g -O2 -I/home/user/RPI_DEV/lib/include conftest.c -lz -lm >&5
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dynamically load assembly whose references packed with LIBZ
My question is whether it is possible at all to dynamically load a CLR assembly that have all the assemblies it references packed within by LibZ solution. If I try to just use an Assembly.Load() it doesn't seem to work (BTW the Telerik's …

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Static libz For Android NDK?
TL,DR: Is there a libz.a that can be used by gcc running on Android, and if not, can git be built without zlib support? Answer: no...git requires zlib to build.
Background:
I'm using KBOX2, a pseudo-linux system with fakechroot, on Android. In this…

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gzread fails after successful gzdopen on mswin32
There seems to be something broken in the windows build for zlib 1.2.8. According to USAGE.txt in http://zlib.net/zlib128-dll.zip (from zlib.net) and the man pages for gzread and gzdopen, the code should work. Can anyone enlighten me, please? BTW, I…

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libz or/and libpng for Windows (Phone) 8 Apps
The problem is pretty simple. When building for W(P)8 you can't compile .c files or use old C syntax code (the one where function parameters are specified twice).
Libpng is easily compilable under C++ as it doesn't use old synax code but libz isn't.…

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ffmpeg libz.so dependency
we are trying to install ffmpeg on our RH linux servers.
Trouble is that it works on one not on the other and we have no idea why. The working and the non working server have the same config information:
ffmpeg version 0.10.2 Copyright (c)…

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can't find libz for a plone install on osx. brew tap homebrew/dups did not find it
THe plone installer complains that libz is missing on OSX Yosemite. brew can't find it, even after doing a "tap homebrew/dups".

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