Issue with `libz.so.1` when running PhantomJS

After extracting the file contents from the phantomjs archive, I ran the command phantomjs and was met with the error:

phantomjs: error while loading shared libraries: libz.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

I have searched online for solutions, but the problem still persists. I have updated the dynamic linker cache with ldconfig. I have updated the library path with:

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libz.so.1:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH

I have even deleted the symbolic link /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libz.so.1 and recreated it pointing to /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libz.so.1.3. Also, the latest version of zlib1g-dev is already installed (1:1.3.dfsg-3+b1). If the solutions above did not resolve the issue, then what other solution could there be?