decoder zip not available (Windows 7)

Question

I installed django-photologue. But then when I try to save a photo in django admin it throws this error:

'decoder zip not available'

I have already un-installed and re-installed PIL. I hope someone can help me with the complete steps on how to overcome this error.

Have a look at this post ["Need help with a PIL Error — IOError: decoder zip not available"](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3544155/need-help-with-a-pil-error-ioerror-decoder-zip-not-available), it may be of some help. — DMK, Feb 14 '13 at 09:32

score 5 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 29 '13 at 03:14

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On Windows install PIL using the binary installer from the PIL website instead of using pip.

answered Apr 29 '13 at 03:14

glennr

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score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 04 '14 at 16:07

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I was able to solve this cleanly on Windows with pip install --use-wheel Pillow. I'm not sure what changed because the PILLOW installs used to work on my windows setup. I must have some mixed versions or the default behaviors have changed.

answered Jun 04 '14 at 16:07

KobeJohn

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Frankline · Answer 3 · 2013-03-19T05:07:29.413

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Try the following instructions:

sudo pip uninstall PIL
sudo apt-get install libjpeg8 libjpeg62-dev libfreetype6 libfreetype6-dev
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
sudo pip install -U PIL

That should solve PIL problem decoder zip not available.

edited Mar 19 '13 at 05:07

answered Feb 14 '13 at 09:38

Frankline

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Any idea what was on the link you referenced since its broken? – Chris Mar 19 '13 at 01:29
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Do you have a solution for Windows 7 as in the question title? The above seems to be for a Debian derived system. – glennr Apr 29 '13 at 03:09

decoder zip not available (Windows 7)

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