[m u r]

I am new to Linux. I got the same error. I downloaded zlib 1.2.3, but am unsure how to install the package. The package is in my home folder, and I tried "tar xvfz zlib-1.2.3.tar.gz" and "tar -zxvf zlib-1.2.3.tar.gz" . . . but I still get the error.