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|Name=zlib
 
|Name=zlib
 
|Short description=library used for data compression.
 
|Short description=library used for data compression.
|Full description=zlib is a general purpose data compression library.  All the code is thread safe.  The data format used by the zlib library is described by RFCs
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|Full description=zlib is a general purpose data compression library.  All the code is thread safe.  
(Request for Comments) [http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1950 1950] to [http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1952 1952] in the files
 
[http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1950 rfc1950] (zlib format), [http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1951 rfc1951] (deflate format) and [http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1952 rfc1952] (gzip format).
 
 
|Homepage URL=http://www.zlib.net/
 
|Homepage URL=http://www.zlib.net/
 
|Documentation note=*[http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1950 RFC1950] (zlib format)
 
|Documentation note=*[http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1950 RFC1950] (zlib format)
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To compile all files and run the test program, follow the instructions given at the top of Makefile.in.  In short "./configure; make test", and if that goes well, "make install" should work for GNU and BSD systems.
 
To compile all files and run the test program, follow the instructions given at the top of Makefile.in.  In short "./configure; make test", and if that goes well, "make install" should work for GNU and BSD systems.
 
Read also the [http://zlib.net/zlib_faq.html zlib FAQ]
 
 
|Version identifier=1.2.8
 
|Version identifier=1.2.8
 
|Version date=2013/04/28
 
|Version date=2013/04/28
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|Resource kind=Support
 
|Resource kind=Support
 
|Resource URL=<zlib@gzip.org>
 
|Resource URL=<zlib@gzip.org>
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|Resource URL=http://zlib.net/zlib_faq.html
 
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Revision as of 16:13, 19 September 2013


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zlib

http://www.zlib.net/
library used for data compression.

zlib is a general purpose data compression library. All the code is thread safe.





Licensing

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Zlib

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Leaders and contributors

Contact(s)Role
Mark Adler Maintainer
Gilles Vollant Contributor
Jean-loup Gailly Maintainer


Resources and communication

AudienceResource typeURI
Ruby (Ref)https://rubygems.org/gems/zlib
UsersGeneralhttp://zlib.net/zlib_faq.html
ContributorsSupportmailto:zlib@gzip.org
Debian (Ref)https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/zlib
UsersHomepagehttp://zlib.net/


Software prerequisites




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"Users" is not in the list (General, Help, Bug Tracking, Support, Developer) of allowed values for the "Resource audience" property.


"Contributors" is not in the list (General, Help, Bug Tracking, Support, Developer) of allowed values for the "Resource audience" property.


"Users" is not in the list (General, Help, Bug Tracking, Support, Developer) of allowed values for the "Resource audience" property.








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