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# BZ2

## Overview

The GIMP is capable of loading and saving images which have been bzip2 compressed. In order to save a bzipped file, either Save By Extension or the bz2 extension can be used. The file must be named in a similar format to: `filename.extension.bz2`, where `extension` is an extension for a supported file format.

Example 13-1. Saving a bziped TIFF

If the file is called `foo`, you could enter either `foo.tif.bz2` or `foo.tiff.bz2` as the filename.

## BZ2 : Further Information

For this plug-in to work, the Bzip2 application is required. To check if this application is present, type bzip2 --version in a terminal window. If there is output similar to: `bzip: command not found` then Bzip2is not installed, and can not use this plugin.

| Bzip2 is available from Cygnus Sourceware .

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