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I am getting the following error when trying to execute "make" on msql-Mysql-modules-1.2017.tar.gz

[root@cosmos Msql-Mysql-modules-1.2215]# make
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/perl/Msql-Mysql-modules-1.2215/mysql'
cc -c -I/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005/i386-linux/auto/DBI -I/usr/include/mysql -I../dbd -I/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005/i386-linux/auto/DBI -I/usr/lib/perl5/5.00503/i386-linux -Dbool=char -DHAS_BOOL -I/usr/local/include -O2 -DVERSION="2.0415" -DXS_VERSION="2.0415" -fpic -I/usr/lib/perl5/5.00503/i386-linux/CORE -DDBD_MYSQL dbdimp.c
cc -c -I/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005/i386-linux/auto/DBI -I/usr/include/mysql -I../dbd -I/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005/i386-linux/auto/DBI -I/usr/lib/perl5/5.00503/i386-linux -Dbool=char -DHAS_BOOL -I/usr/local/include -O2 -DVERSION="2.0415" -DXS_VERSION="2.0415" -fpic -I/usr/lib/perl5/5.00503/i386-linux/CORE -DDBD_MYSQL mysql.c
Running Mkbootstrap for DBD::mysql ()
chmod 644 mysql.bs
LD_RUN_PATH="/usr/lib/mysql:/lib:/usr/lib:/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/egcs-2.91.66" cc -o ../blib/arch/auto/DBD/mysql/mysql.so -shared -L/usr/local/lib dbdimp.o mysql.o -L/usr/lib/mysql -L/usr/lib/mysql -lmysqlclient -lm -lz -L/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/egcs-2.91.66 -lgcc
/usr/bin/ld: cannot open -lz: No such file or directory
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[1]: *** [../blib/arch/auto/DBD/mysql/mysql.so] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/perl/Msql-Mysql-modules-1.2215/mysql'
make: *** [subdirs] Error 2
[root@cosmos Msql-Mysql-modules-1.2215]#

the linker, "ld", is unable to find libz.a in the given
library paths, "-L/usr/local/lib -L/usr/lib/mysql -L/usr/lib/mysql".

on my system, libz is in /usr/lib. You may want to verify
/usr/lib/libz.a exists on your system. If so, then
you'll need to add a "-L /usr/lib" flag. Perhaps easiest
done by modifying the Makefile file line

LDFLAGS = -L/usr/local/lib

to

LDFLAGS = -L/usr/local/lib -L/usr/lib

hope this helps

If that lib is not on your system, what do I need to install to get it?

Answering my own question like I usually do:

Try installing zlib-devel package if you're using RPMs.