I think I extracted it correctly.
then I ran ./configure
then I typed in make but it said '... no makefile found.'
how do you compile a package with no make file?
..... then I read the output in my shell and it says:

     --snip--
     checking pkg-config is at least version 0.9.0... yes
     checking for GIMP... no
     configure: error: Package requirements (gimp-2.0 >= 2.3.0 gimpui-2.0 >= 2.3.0) were not met:
     No package 'gimp-2.0' found
     No package 'gimpui-2.0' found
     Consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if you
     installed software in a non-standard prefix.
     Alternatively, you may set the environment variables GIMP_CFLAGS
     and GIMP_LIBS to avoid the need to call pkg-config.
     See the pkg-config man page for more details.

I then figured I would see if the files it can't find are on the system. So:

     bmike1@Michaels-Laptop ~ $ locate gimp-2.0 gimpui-2.0
     /usr/lib/libgimp-2.0.so.0
     /usr/lib/libgimp-2.0.so.0.600.11
     /usr/lib/libgimpui-2.0.so.0
     /usr/lib/libgimpui-2.0.so.0.600.11
     /usr/share/icons/GartoonRedux/16x16/apps/gimp-2.0.png
     /usr/share/icons/GartoonRedux/22x22/apps/gimp-2.0.png
     /usr/share/icons/GartoonRedux/24x24/apps/gimp-2.0.png
     /usr/share/icons/GartoonRedux/32x32/apps/gimp-2.0.png
     /usr/share/icons/GartoonRedux/scalable/apps/gimp-2.0.svg
     bmike1@Michaels-Laptop ~ $

What do I need to do to compile this?

On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 4:03 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:

did I do this correctly? it's been sitting there about two minutes doing nothing:

xxxx@Michaels-Laptop ~/Downloads $ sudo tar -xz /usr/lib/gimp/2.0/plug-ins/gimp-save-for-
web-0.29.3.tar.bz2

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