Paul wrote: > I’m very new to linux (2 days!) but have been using Python on windows > for a few weeks now. I would like to install PIL on my linux (ubuntu) > machine but am having all sorts of trouble following the readme, I get a > ton of errors when trying to run the build.py. Mostly cannot find > directory errors, but there are others thrown in for good measure.
post a few here -- particularly the first few you get. > I unzipped the tar file into my user space… > /home/paul/Python/ExtensionLibraries > which I created myself. This is where I’m going wrong I presume. The > readme said that I could create my own directory, so I’m confused. > Should I unzip it & build it somewhere else? no, that's not it, you can built it anywhere. I'm guessing that you're missing some libraries -- you need the ones that PIL needs (libjpeg, freetype2, zlib). These are probably already on your system, but you may not have the "devel" versions, which you need as PIL is building against them. Sorry I'm not familiar with Ubuntu, but look for things like: python-devel jpeg-devel zlib-devel etc... oh, and are you sure there is not an existing Ubuntu package for PIL? -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer Emergency Response Division NOAA/NOS/OR&R (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Image-SIG maillist - Image-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/image-sig
