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Installing PIL on Mac OS X 10.5

These instructions will install PIL properly on Mac OS X 10.5. The instructions are adapted from here.

Go to here and download PIL.

Now we set up the environment so that you can install it.

In Terminal, create a symbolic link for the system’s Python.framework
in the location expected by the pythonmac.org tools, like so:

cd /Library/Frameworks
sudo ln -s /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/ Python.framework

Now run the installer. It should not complain and it should install successfully.

The final step installs PIL in your Python site packages.

cd /Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/
echo "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/python2.5/site-packages
" > PIL.pth

Test your new PIL install with:

python -c "from PIL import Image"

if you do not get an error, then you have a correct PIL install!

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One Response to “Installing PIL on Mac OS X 10.5”

  1. Christian Jewelry Pendants and Keychains Says:
    June 23rd, 2009 at 10:59 pm

    Thanks for this simple, working instruction. I would have never known to take the steps apart from the clean installation.

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