How to install PIL on mac os x 10.7.2 Lion

you can just download/build/install it from source:



# download
curl -O -L http://effbot.org/downloads/Imaging-1.1.7.tar.gz
# extract
tar -xzf Imaging-1.1.7.tar.gz cd Imaging-1.1.7
# build and install
python setup.py build
sudo python setup.py install
# or install it for just you without requiring admin permissions:
# python setup.py install --user




I ran the above just now (on OSX 10.7.2, with XCode 4.2.1 and System Python 2.7.1) and it built just fine, though there is a possibility that something in my environment is non-default.

For those having trouble with gcc or llvm-gcc command not found error when running setup.py, check in xcode that commande line tools are installed by going to "Xcode -> Préférences -> Downloads -> Commande Line Tools -> Install".

Alternatively,


If you use homebrew, you can install the PIL with just brew install pil. You may then need to add the install directory ($(brew --prefix)/lib/python2.7/site-packages) to your PYTHONPATH, or add the location of PIL directory itself in a file called PIL.pth file in any of your site-packages directories, with the contents:
/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/PIL
(assuming brew --prefix is /usr/local).



source:http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9070074/how-to-install-pil-on-mac-os-x-10-7-2-lion