I was running through the DjangoBook tutorials and now I need a Python Imaging Library

How do I install the Python Imaging Library to the python installed inside bitnami?

nvm I just figured to unpack the exe with winrar and place the .py files in appropriate ares of the bitnami python folder

Hi,

Can you specify the steps you did in case another person needs to install the same library?

Thanks

Hi people, I guess we are talking here about a Windows installation because of the exe and winrar keywords ;)

Ok, the problem here is that most of python for windows libraries expect to find Python in registry, but the bitnami stacks have a policy about respecting the native system, so you can have your custom Python installation and Bitnami Python will not create conflicts.

But that’s not a problem because you are dealing with the best scripting language ever created (am I right?) and it lets you made your job easily in several ways.

You can use setuptools, eggs, ..., but I will give you the solution I find easiest:

- Go to http://www.pythonware.com/products/pil/index.htm#pil116 and download the sourcekit.

- Now browse the file using winrar or your favourite tool and you will see a lot of stuff.

- Ignore all and select the PIL folder and the PIL.pth file and copy both to DJANGOSTACK_DIR\python\Lib\site-packages\

- Now open your use_djangostack and type “import PIL”, it should be available.

Hope it helps, cheers