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# The BZ2 File Plug-In

GIMP can load and save images which have been bzip2 compressed. To save a bziped file, you can either use Save By Extension or bz2. You need to name your file in the format `filename.extension.bz2` where extension is an extension for a supported file format. For example, to save a bziped TIFF file called `foo`, you would enter `foo.tif.bz2` as the filename.

For this plug-in to work you need bzip2 — you can check if you have this by typing bzip2 --version at a terminal window. If you get `bzip: command not found` or similar, you don't have bzip2.

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