ive been trying to get the sega genisis "gens" to work on mandriva 2007 powerpack edition
i was advised to get the gens for gnome linux, so all i could find was gnome-gens-0.alpha3.tar.tar
but im not sure how to install it?
is it the same as a tar.bz2 or tar.gz


as when i try i get so far then get errors

[john@localhost Desktop]$ cd /home/john
[john@localhost ~]$ cd gnome-gens-0.alpha3
[john@localhost gnome-gens-0.alpha3]$ ./configure
creating cache ./config.cache
checking for a BSD compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for mawk... no
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes
checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... no
checking for gnome-config... no
checking for gnomeConf.sh file in /usr/local/lib... not found
configure: error: Could not find the gnomeConf.sh file that is generated by gnome-libs install
[john@localhost gnome-gens-0.alpha3]$ make
make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.


any help appreciated guys