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# GZ

## Overview

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

Example 13-2. Saving a gzipped TIFF

If the file is named `foo`, the filename could be entered as either `foo.tif.gz` or `foo.tiff.gz`.

## GZ : Further Information

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

| gzip is available from The gzip Homepage .

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