Re: PIL and jpeg on MacOS X

If you install from Bob's repository, the jpeg library is not needed:

http://undefined.org/python/pimp/

Drew McCormack

On May 14, 2004, at 2:30 AM, Jerry LeVan wrote:

> I don't seem to know the proper magical incantation to get
> PIL to work with jpegs.
>
> Today I installed the MacOS X Additions to my Mac running
> 10.3.3. I have already installed and use the Batteries Included
> Aqua Tcl/Tk 8.4.5
>
> I first tried some Tkinter examples ( after loading Tkinter from
> the Configure Manager. Tkinter seems to work ok.
>
> I tried adding PIL and noticed that jpegs did not work. I then
> realized that libjpeg was not installed.
>
> I installed libjpeg.dylib in /usr/local/bin tore out the old PIL
> and asked config manager to reinstall...( I have to do the actual
> install as root...) Everything seems there but any jpeg operation
> fails generally with an error traceback
> File "imageview.py", line 13, in ?
> main()
> File "imageview.py", line 8, in main
> img = PhotoImage(file=filename)
> File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.3/lib/python2.3/site-packages/PIL/ImageTk.py", line 114, in __init__
> self.paste(image)
> File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.3/lib/python2.3/site-packages/PIL/ImageTk.py", line 164, in paste
> im.load()
> File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.3/lib/python2.3/site-packages/PIL/ImageFile.py", line 165, in load
> d = Image._getdecoder(self.mode, d, a, self.decoderconfig)
> File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.3/lib/python2.3/site-packages/PIL/Image.py", line 309, in _getdecoder
> raise IOError("decoder %s not available" % decoder_name)
> IOError: decoder jpeg not available
>
> What am I doing wrong?
>
> Jerry
>
>
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