配置glib遇到的问题（新手）,迷惑了...

linux distribution:centos 6.4
安装某个软件时需要GLIB,网上下载了个glib-2.31.0，cd 进入后./configure出现如下:
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checking for stdint.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... yes
checking for inflate in -lz... no
configure: error: *** Working zlib library and headers not found ***
然后yum install zlib ,发现已经安装最新版zlib,如下所示:
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Setting up Install Process
Package zlib-1.2.3-29.el6.i686 already installed and latest version
Nothing to do
请大神指导,在线等...