[R] libz library missing while installing RMySQL

[Sebastian Leuzinger]

Hello
Trying to install the MySQL package, I get the following error. The help 
archive contains something on this issue but did not help. I work on linux 
suse 9.3

Configuration error:
   Could not locate the library "libz" required by MySQL.

The library libz however is not on any mirrors I checked.
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