./configure - where do I type this please!!??
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Cor good luck with this 
My guess (without seeing the .gz file) is that you've download a compressed source code file, sometimes referred to as a compressed tarball, like a .zip file if you like. What you need to do it uncompress and expand the file to reveal the source tree, and then run ./configure within the expanded directory to configure the code ready for building.
To do this you'll need to open a command prompt. such as xterm or Terminal. I'm not familiar with how you would do this under your chosen distribution and environment, try searching through the menu system.
Navigate to the Desktop directory, and expand the file, such as this:
cd Desktop
mkdir webcam
cd webcam
tar -zxf ../downloadfile.gz
Then you might need to go into a subdirectory where the configure script is found, or it might be in the current directory.
My guess (without seeing the .gz file) is that you've download a compressed source code file, sometimes referred to as a compressed tarball, like a .zip file if you like. What you need to do it uncompress and expand the file to reveal the source tree, and then run ./configure within the expanded directory to configure the code ready for building.
To do this you'll need to open a command prompt. such as xterm or Terminal. I'm not familiar with how you would do this under your chosen distribution and environment, try searching through the menu system.
Navigate to the Desktop directory, and expand the file, such as this:
cd Desktop
mkdir webcam
cd webcam
tar -zxf ../downloadfile.gz
Then you might need to go into a subdirectory where the configure script is found, or it might be in the current directory.
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Following on from what Bluelion has said normally the configure script will be in the root of the directory where you have extracted the files, so in his example webcam.
Running ls in the directory should then allow you to see it. The normal process is to run:
./configure
make
make install
Note that this may vary by package and there maybe a readme file in the directory giving you details on what to do. Note to that these commands will need probably be run as root and that you will need the various build tools, e.g. make and gcc, and possibly even kernel sources (for headers) installed.
Running ls in the directory should then allow you to see it. The normal process is to run:
./configure
make
make install
Note that this may vary by package and there maybe a readme file in the directory giving you details on what to do. Note to that these commands will need probably be run as root and that you will need the various build tools, e.g. make and gcc, and possibly even kernel sources (for headers) installed.