“IOError: decoder zip not available” : Ubuntu Python PIL

Question

I am trying to get the sample heatmap.py running from: http://jjguy.com/heatmap/

#image.py
import heatmap
import random

if __name__ == \"__main__\":    
            


        

Answer 1

Even though my PIL was up to date, I resolved this on Ubuntu 12.04 with:

pip uninstall PIL
pip install PIL