Install python PIL( Python image Library ) on Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric

Installing PIL in Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric 64-bit using pip raise problem on JPEG, Zlib or freetype support. First, you need to uninstall PIL by :

sudo pip uninstall PIL

Then you should install default Ubuntu packages :

sudo apt-get install libjpeg8 libjpeg62-dev libfreetype6 libfreetype6-dev

We should fix PIL path libraries by :

sudo ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libjpeg.so /usr/lib
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfreetype.so /usr/lib
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libz.so /usr/lib

Now we are ready installing PIL by :

sudo pip install -U PIL

And you will get results :

 --------------------------------------------------------------------
    PIL 1.1.7 SETUP SUMMARY
    --------------------------------------------------------------------
    version       1.1.7
    platform      linux2 2.7.2+ (default, Oct  4 2011, 20:06:09)
                  [GCC 4.6.1]
    --------------------------------------------------------------------
    *** TKINTER support not available
    --- JPEG support available
    --- ZLIB (PNG/ZIP) support available
    --- FREETYPE2 support available
    *** LITTLECMS support not available
    --------------------------------------------------------------------

This is also solve PIL problem “decoder zip not available“.

其实最主要的是这句话，今天就被这个纠缠了好久..想起了windows的日子...,生成软链的时候注意地址，这个是64位的机器.

原文地址:http://obroll.com/install-python-pil-python-image-library-on-ubuntu-11-10-oneiric/