On 2/15/15 8:17 PM, Ned Deily wrote:
In article <dc937f79-b6bf-4060-8c71-2f4939aef...@googlegroups.com>,
KP <kai.pet...@gmail.com> wrote:
just upgraded my Mac Mini to Yosemite and have never dabbled in Python on
this OS.
I see it has Python 2.7.6 installed.
When I do something like
from PIL import ImageFont, ImageDraw
it tells me that it cannot find PIL
How do I install this on Yosemite?
Suggestions: stick with Pillow which is the current, maintained fork of
the venerable PIL. Decide whether you want to use Python 3 or Python 2.
PIL/Pillow installation on OS X is more involved than on some other
platforms because it depends on a number of third-party C libraries that
are not shipped by Apple in OS X so you need to find another source for
them. Rather than trying to build and install everything yourself or
downloading a Pillow or PIL installer, I suggest picking one of the
several fine distributors of open source packages for OS X and
installing everything you need from them (including an up-to-date Python
2 or 3) and for your future needs beyond Pillow; options include
Homebrew, MacPorts, Anaconda, Fink, and others. Once you've installed
the base framework for the package manager you choose, installing
something like Pillow and all of its dependencies is often just a
one-line command. It may take a little while to get used to the quirks
of the package manager you choose but, if you are going to use OS X for
development with Python or many other languages, that time spent will be
repaid many times over.
I agree that Pillow is preferable to PIL and that you may want to
consider a 3rd party system.
If you are primarily interested in Python (and not unix-based C/C++
libraries and utilities then I suggest you try anaconda python.
Homebrew, MacPorts and Fink are mostly aimed at people who want to add
missing unix libraries and tools.
If you want to stick with python.org python then a binary PIL installer
is available here:
<http://www.astro.washington.edu/users/rowen/python/>
(I am not aware of any Pillow binaries).
-- Russell
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