Can't get PIL to correctly install on Ubuntu 12.04

Question

I\'m using Ubuntu 12.04 and I\'m in PIL-hell. I\'ve tried every suggestion I can find online for ways to install PIL, but I have no luck. I know for a fact I have every de

Answer 1

I've experienced problems with PIL and Pillow installed together.

If I install PIL using apt-get install python-imaging and then run selftest.py I get (which is fine):

--- PIL CORE support ok
*** TKINTER support not installed
--- JPEG support ok
--- ZLIB (PNG/ZIP) support ok
--- FREETYPE2 support ok
--- LITTLECMS support ok

If I then install Pillow through sudo pip install Pillow and then re-run selftest.py I get:

--- PIL CORE support ok
*** TKINTER support not available
(Tcl/Tk 8.5 libraries needed)
--- JPEG support available
--- ZLIB (PNG/ZIP) support available
*** TIFF G3/G4 (experimental) support not available
*** FREETYPE2 support not available
*** LITTLECMS support not available
*** WEBP support not available

In order to solve the multiple "supports not available" and get back to the initial status I just uninstalled Pillow.