[TYPO3] Do I really need gzlib to install a typo3 extension??!

[Mike]

Steffen Müller wrote:
> Depends on your servers distribution and the php package you have. Which
> one do you use?
> Normally, zlib is installed and enanbled by default. Maybe you have to
> add it as a php module, or simply enable it. Take a look at phpinfo()
> and search for zlib.

zlib is not normally installed in the official distribution from 
php.net, at least not any (official) php distrib before 5.2.3, and I 
doubt after.  Look at the defaults for ./configure.

God, I guess I'll have to recompile php.

thanks,
m