Aral Balkan

OS X Leopard comes with Python 2.5.1 and lacks the PIL package for image manipulation. Google App Engine's local SDK uses PIL to emulate its image manipulation features.

The instructions on Google's installation page for PIL are incorrect.

To install PIL, follow these instructions by Matt Kangas instead. (Thanks, Matt!) :)

The only thing I'd add to that is that the instructions won't work unless you've got your .bash_profile file set up to read your .bashrc file.

So, make sure you have the following code in the .bash_profile file in your home folder (cd ~):

if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
. ~/.bashrc
fi

Comments

• [2011 Apr 12] Eclipse pydev users: In order to run the project by using ecplipse, you must add the package to the interpreter system libs: 1. Preferences > PyDev > Interpreter - Python 2. In the section below, where are listed the System libs, click on "New Folder" and select the right package. In my case, I have OSX Leopard and the PIL is in the folder: /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/python2.5/site-packages/PIL

  by Cesare on 2011-04-12 02:22:53