How to install Python Imaging Library PIL on Linux server
April 29, 2008 | In: Installation, Python
Python Imaging Library (PIL)
Make sure Python is installed.
Prerequisites.
If you need any of the features described below, make sure you
have the necessary libraries before building PIL.
feature library
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JPEG support libjpeg (6a or 6b)
http://www.ijg.org
http://www.ijg.org/files/jpegsrc.v6b.tar.gz
ftp://ftp.uu.net/graphics/jpeg/
PNG support zlib (1.1.4 or later is recommended)
http://www.gzip.org/zlib/
OpenType/TrueType freetype2 (2.1.3 or later is recommended)
support
http://www.freetype.org
http://freetype.sourceforge.net
Installation
Make sure Python is installed.
Then go for
wget http://effbot.org/downloads/Imaging-1.1.6.tar.gz
tar -zxf Imaging-1.1.6.tar.gz
cd Imaging-1.1.6/
python setup.py install
Thant’s all




