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perl zlib 2.020 is in Karmic I see. I shall be installing a Karmic server next week, after its release and will report back.
Is it really necessary to require this version of the perl module? I am astonished that it is assumed that Centos would have this version (it doesn't by default - it has 1.42) or Debian Lenny (2.012). Is this actually a problem with Ubuntu's perl installation? Does FOP2 really strictly require 2.020?
It is a bit sad that no packages are available - I know the install process is fairly easy, but they have been mentioned a lot, but don't seem to have materialised. This is commercial software, so I would want a proper package and repository if I am going to pay for it. Of course I would make Debian/Ubuntu packages myself if it were open source ...