zlib 1.3

Compression library

zlib is designed to be a free, general-purpose, legally unencumbered -- that is, not covered by any patents -- lossless data-compression library for use on virtually any computer hardware and operating system. The zlib data format is itself portable across platforms. Unlike the LZW compression method used in Unix compress(1) and in the GIF image format, the compression method currently used in zlib essentially never expands the data. (LZW can double or triple the file size in extreme cases.) zlib's memory footprint is also independent of the input data and can be reduced, if necessary, at some cost in compression.

Website: https://zlib.net/
Licenses: Zlib
Package source: gnu/packages/compression.scm
Builds: See build status
Issues: See known issues

Installation

Install zlib 1.3 as follows:

guix install zlib@1.3

Or install the latest version:

guix install zlib

You can also install packages in augmented, pure or containerized environments for development or simply to try them out without polluting your user profile. See the guix shell documentation for more information.