PIL will not pip install. pip install PIL doesn't work. Pillow will not import.

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I am reading some example code on the internet and I cannot get PIL to pip install.

Posted 4-Dec-15 8:37am

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Updated 4-Dec-15 8:40am

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PythonHeadBanger · Accepted Answer · 2015-12-04T08:38:00

Solution 1

PIL is no longer being supported but a fork of PIL called Pillow still exists.

If PIL will not pip install, try pip installing Pillow. However, you will have to import the Pillow Module as PIL.

Ass backwards, but Pillow functions as PIL when imported as PIL.

Posted 4-Dec-15 8:38am

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PythonHeadBanger 7-Dec-15 12:39pm

Thanks for the down votes a**hole. Whoever are you, please go back to StackOverflow.