Error when compiling

["Earl Basham" <Earl techtonics co nz>]

i haveinstall a clean debian 3 install and am running garnome 13.1

and get the following error

sorry if this is a dumb question

        [fetch] complete.  Finished rules: pre-everything download pre-fetch download/gail-0.17.tar.bz2 post-fetch
        [checksum] complete.  Finished rules: fetch cookies pre-checksum cookies/checksum-gail-0.17.tar.bz2 post-checksum
 ==> Extracting download/gail-0.17.tar.bz2
tar: gail-0.17/Makefile.in: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/README: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/stamp-h.in: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/AUTHORS: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/COPYING: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/ChangeLog: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/Makefile.am: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/NEWS: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/aclocal.m4: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/config.h.in: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/configure: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/configure.in: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail.pc.in: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/libgail-util/Makefile.in: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/libgail-util/Makefile.am: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/libgail-util/gailmisc.c: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/libgail-util/gailtextutil.c: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/libgail-util/gailmisc.h: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/libgail-util/gailtextutil.h: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/libgail-util/gail-util.h: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/libgail-util/gailutil.def: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/Makefile.in: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/Makefile.am: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gail.c: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailadjustment.c: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailarrow.c: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailbooleancell.c: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailbooleancellfactory.c: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailbox.c: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailbutton.c: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailcalendar.c: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailcanvas.c: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailcanvasgroup.c: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailcanvasgroupfactory.c: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailcanvasitem.c: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailcanvasitemfactory.c: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailcanvastext.c: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailcanvastextfactory.c: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailcanvaswidget.c: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gail.h: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailcanvaswidgetfactory.c: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailcell.c: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailcellparent.c: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailcheckmenuitem.c: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailchecksubmenuitem.c: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailclist.c: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailclistcell.c: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailcombo.c: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailcontainer.c: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailcontainercell.c: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailentry.c: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailframe.c: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailimage.c: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailimagecell.c: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailimagecellfactory.c: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailitem.c: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gaillabel.c: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gaillist.c: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailmenu.c: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailmenushell.c: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailmenuitem.c: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailnotebook.c: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailnotebookpage.c: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailoptionmenu.c: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailpaned.c: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailpixmap.c: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailprogressbar.c: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailradiobutton.c: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailradiomenuitem.c: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailradiosubmenuitem.c: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailrange.c: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailrenderercell.c: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailscrollbar.c: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailscrolledwindow.c: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailseparator.c: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailspinbutton.c: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailsubmenuitem.c: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailstatusbar.c: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailtextcell.c: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailtextcellfactory.c: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailtextview.c: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailtogglebutton.c: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailtoplevel.c: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailtreeview.c: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailutil.c: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailwidget.c: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailwindow.c: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailadjustment.h: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailarrow.h: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailbooleancell.h: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailbooleancellfactory.h: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailbox.h: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailbutton.h: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailcalendar.h: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailcanvas.h: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailcanvasgroup.h: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailcanvasgroupfactory.h: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailcanvasitem.h: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailcanvasitemfactory.h: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailcanvastext.h: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailcanvastextfactory.h: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailcanvaswidget.h: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailcanvaswidgetfactory.h: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailcell.h: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailcellparent.h: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailcheckmenuitem.h: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailchecksubmenuitem.h: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailclist.h: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailclistcell.h: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailcombo.h: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailcontainercell.h: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailcontainer.h: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailentry.h: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailfactory.h: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailframe.h: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailimage.h: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailimagecell.h: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailimagecellfactory.h: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailitem.h: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gaillabel.h: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gaillist.h: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailmenu.h: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailmenushell.h: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailmenuitem.h: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailnotebook.h: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailnotebookpage.h: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailoptionmenu.h: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailpaned.h: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailpixmap.h: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailprogressbar.h: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailradiobutton.h: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailradiomenuitem.h: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailradiosubmenuitem.h: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailrange.h: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailrenderercell.h: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailscrollbar.h: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailscrolledwindow.h: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailseparator.h: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailspinbutton.h: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailsubmenuitem.h: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailstatusbar.h: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailtextcell.h: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailtextcellfactory.h: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailtextview.h: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailtogglebutton.h: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailtoplevel.h: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailtreeview.h: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailutil.h: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailwidget.h: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/gail/gailwindow.h: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/tests/Makefile.in: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/tests/README: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/tests/Makefile.am: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/tests/testlib.c: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/tests/testlib.h: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/tests/ferret.c: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/tests/testaction.c: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/tests/testbutton.c: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/tests/testcombo.c: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/tests/testcomponent.c: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/tests/testimage.c: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/tests/testnotebook.c: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/tests/testobject.c: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/tests/testmenuitem.c: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/tests/testoptionmenu.c: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/tests/testpaned.c: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/tests/testprops.c: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/tests/testselection.c: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/tests/teststatusbar.c: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/tests/testtextlib.c: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/tests/testtextlib.h: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/tests/testtable.c: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/tests/testtext.c: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/tests/testtoplevel.c: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/tests/testtreetable.c: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/tests/testvalues.c: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/docs/Makefile.in: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/docs/Makefile.am: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/docs/reference/Makefile.in: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/docs/reference/Makefile.am: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/docs/reference/libgail-util/Makefile.in: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/docs/reference/libgail-util/Makefile.am: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/docs/reference/libgail-util/gail-libgail-util-docs.sgml: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/docs/reference/libgail-util/gail-libgail-util-sections.txt: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/docs/reference/libgail-util/gail-libgail-util-overrides.txt: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argument
tar: gail-0.17/docs/reference/libgail-util/tmpl/gail-libgail-util-unused.sgml: Cannot change ownership to uid 77937, gid 6014: Invalid argumen