Get error when try to install PIL

Question

I try to install PIL but get errors, what should I do?

$ Command
Result
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$ pip install PIL

Collecting PIL
  Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement PIL (from versions: )
No matching distribution found for PIL
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$ pip install PIL  --allow-unverified PIL --allow-all-external

DEPRECATION: --allow-all-external has been deprecated and will be removed in the future. Due to changes in the repository protocol, it no longer has any effect.
DEPRECATION: --allow-unverified has been deprecated and will be removed in the future. Due to changes in the repository protocol, it no longer has any effect.
Collecting PIL
  Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement PIL (from versions: )
No matching distribution found for PIL

what system ? On Linux Mint you can use `apt-get` to install `python-pil` or `python-pillow` — furas, Dec 26 '16 at 04:23

maviz · Accepted Answer · 2016-12-26T04:41:18.337

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You could try using Pillow instead, which is a PIL fork:

pip install Pillow

To import use:

from PIL import Image

edited Dec 26 '16 at 04:41

answered Dec 26 '16 at 04:29

maviz

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Why does this work, it seems unintuitive not to use `pip install PIL` like with most python libraries? – stevec Jul 10 '20 at 12:14
@stevec https://stackoverflow.com/a/30548135/7341011 – maviz Jan 20 '21 at 06:04
if you are using Visual Studio Code, then restarting after the pip install Pillow should work. – Abhi R May 09 '23 at 11:06

score 25 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 26 '16 at 04:43

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The library PIL is in Pillow. Try this:

$ pip install Pillow

answered Dec 26 '16 at 04:43

Fomalhaut

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 26 '16 at 04:23

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Not sure if there is a better way than this. But this may work as described in the documentation:

http://www.pythonware.com/products/pil/.

Download the source kit and extract it. Once extracted, do the following as described in the kit.

    $ tar xvfz Imaging-1.1.7.tar.gz
    $ cd Imaging-1.1.7
    $ python setup.py install

answered Dec 26 '16 at 04:23

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In file included from _imagingtk.c:19: /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.11.sdk/usr/include/tk.h:78:11: fatal error: 'X11/Xlib.h' file not found # include ^ 1 error generated. error: command 'cc' failed with exit status 1 – Shira Dec 26 '16 at 04:37
See if any of the solutions here solve the problem. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11465258/xlib-h-not-found-when-building-graphviz-on-mac-os-x-10-8-mountain-lion – apatniv Dec 26 '16 at 04:45

Get error when try to install PIL

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