PIL (aka the Python Imaging Library) is used in many of the Carleton College Intro CS courses. NOTE:  PIL is NOT available for Python 3.  This page contains installation instructions for Python 2.x:

WINDOWS XP and Vista and 7:

• The latest downloads of PIL for windows can be found at http://www.pythonware.com/products/pil/.
• Download the current release: http://effbot.org/downloads/PIL-1.1.7.win32-py2.7.exe
• Double click on the downloaded executable. And that will install PIL.

MAC:

• In order to install PIL, you must have Xcode, a developer toolset, installed on your machine.  These files can be found on the installation CD's provided by Apple when you purchased your MAC.
• These files can also be found online: http://developer.apple.com/technologies/xcode.html
• You MUST be a registered Apple Developer to download software.  Registration is free and can be done here: http://developer.apple.com/programs/register/
• PIL has not been packaged into a dmg, so we will need to use the Terminal for this, to open Terminal go to Applications>Utilities and find terminal.
• Now if you have installed wget in the past you can type at the command prompt:
• • wget http://www.ijg.org/files/jpegsrc.v8c.tar.gz

• If you haven't installed wget, just open a web browser and navigate to the following address and the file will automatically download.
• • http://www.ijg.org/files/jpegsrc.v8c.tar.gz
    

• At the command line type the following:

• • tar zxvf jpegsrc.v8c.tar.gz
    cd jpeg-8/
    ./configure
    make
    sudo make install
    

  • • Note ./configure, make, and sudo make install may take some time

We've had the best luck installing PIL using a tool called pip, so first, you'll need to install pip.

• At the command line, type the following:
  • curl -O http://python-distribute.org/distribute_setup.py
  • sudo python2.7 distribute_setup.py
  • curl -O https://raw.github.com/pypa/pip/master/contrib/get-pip.py
  • sudo python2.7 get-pip.py

• Finally, type:
• • sudo pip-2.7 install pil
  • • This will take a while.

If you have any questions about installing PIL for Windows, Mac, or any other operating system, please contact Michael Tie (mtie@carleton.edu x4067)

If you having trouble with a laptop, you can even bring your computer to Mike Tie (cmc 305) for help.