[Xastir] New build problems

[KD1YV]

Hi, listies.
/Newbie-mode-on
I'm still fairly new at this, so please excuse my ignorance.

I managed to complete building Xastir 1.4.0, but without ImageMagick, 
since configure reported that he could not find the ImageMagick 
libraries. I'm working on that, but now have developed another error.  
When I run make, with or without the ImageMagick included, I now get a 
gcc error as follows:

/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i586-suse-linux/3.3.3/../../../../i586-suse-linux/bin/ld:  
cannot find -lz

I'm assuming that z is a library, and the -l is a parm to give the 
compiler the library name.  Now for the questions
1)  Where should z be and why would it have disappeared after my earlier 
successful build?
2)  Who the hell would name a library z? (Haha, just kidding)
3)  I installed ImageMagick 6.1.0-1.  Why can't the configure script 
find it?  During my frustration, I also installed ImageMagick-devel and 
ImageMagick-C++.  I hope that these would not have any ill effects.
4)  Where is the FAQ for this group/mailing list?
5)  Is this mailing list searchable so that I could research some of 
this stuff before asking my questions here?

/Newbie-mode-off

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