How to run zlib from terminal on Ubuntu?

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I've installed zlib1g but still zlib isn't available from the terminal. How can I find the executable to run it? Or is there an easier way I'm overlooking?

The reason for this is that I want to compress a file using zlib to match an existing implementation from a third-party application.

What do you mean "run zlib"? It's a library, you can call functions from that library in code you write. It's not a command to be executed. — muru, Sep 28 '22 at 01:53
zlib doesnt provide a command line tool. you can write one yourself, or install qpdf which provides a zlib-flate command that can compress and decomress zlib streams. — toppk, Sep 28 '22 at 04:01
Does this answer your question? How to uncompress zlib data in UNIX? — toppk, Sep 28 '22 at 04:11

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 28 '22 at 20:18

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I stumbled across pigz which allows for just this via pigz -z [input_file_name] to output a compressed file.

answered Sep 28 '22 at 20:18

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How to run zlib from terminal on Ubuntu?

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