libz.so.1: cannot open shared object file

After checking to which package does the libz.so.1 belongs (http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/i386/zlib1g/filelist) you should try to install zlib1g: sudo apt-get install zlib1g As pointed by @E-rich, it may be required to add a :i386 suffix to the package name for the package manager correctly identify it: sudo apt-get install zlib1g:i386 EDIT (for CentOS or other distro that … Read more