ubuntu-python-easy_install-pil-does-not-install-zlib-support — revision history

rev 12 | foxhop | 1355525323000 | JSON

	rev 11			rev 12
	65	------------		65	------------
	66			66
t	67	.. code-block: bash	t	67	.. code-block:: bash
	68			68
	69	apt-get install zlib1g-dev		69	apt-get install zlib1g-dev

rev 11 | foxhop | 1355525301000 | JSON

	rev 10			rev 11
	60			60
	61	You might need to delete the PIL egg from your pythons site-packages directory a		61	You might need to delete the PIL egg from your pythons site-packages directory a
	>	nd attempt to re-install the package		>	nd attempt to re-install the package
t			t	62
				63
				64	ubuntu
				65	------------
				66
				67	.. code-block: bash
				68
				69	apt-get install zlib1g-dev
				70
				71

rev 10 | foxhop | 1317336278000 | JSON

	rev 9			rev 10
t	1	ubuntu python easy_install pil does not install zlib or png support	t	1	Ubuntu Python easy_install PIL does not install zlib or png support
	2	========================================================================		2	========================================================================
	3			3

rev 9 | foxhop | 1317332160000 | JSON

	rev 8			rev 9
t	1	ubuntu python easy_install pil does not install zlib support	t	1	ubuntu python easy_install pil does not install zlib or png support
	2	==================================================================		2	========================================================================
	3			3
	4	I was getting the following error even though the zlib dev libraries were alread		4	I was getting the following error even though the zlib dev libraries were alread
	>	y installed correctly.		>	y installed correctly.

rev 8 | foxhop | 1317332058000 | JSON

+      sudo ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libz.so /usr/lib
+Notes
+----------------
+You might need to delete the PIL egg from your pythons site-packages directory a
+nd attempt to re-install the package

rev 7 | foxhop | 1317331968000 | JSON

	rev 6			rev 7
	34	-------------		34	-------------
	35			35
n	36	1. find the location of your systems libz.so	n	36	1. Find the location of your systems libz.so
	37			37
	38	.. code-block:: bash		38	.. code-block:: bash
	40	find . -name libz.so		40	find . -name libz.so
	41			41
n	42	2. create a soft link from /usr/lib to the location of libz.so	n	42	2. Create a soft link from libz.so to /usr/lib
				43
				44	Ubuntu 32bit:
	43			45
n	44	.. code-block:: bash	n	46	.. code-block:: bash
	45			47
n	46	sudo ln -s /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libz.so /usr/lib	n	48	sudo ln -s /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libz.so /usr/lib
	47			49
t			t	50	Ubuntu 64bit:
				51
				52	.. code-block:: bash
				53
				54	sudo ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libz.so /usr/lib
				55

rev 6 | foxhop | 1317331761000 | JSON

	rev 5			rev 6
	31			31
	32			32
t	33	Steps	t	33	How to fix
	34	-----------		34	-------------
	35			35
	36	1. find the location of your systems libz.so		36	1. find the location of your systems libz.so

rev 5 | foxhop | 1317331748000 | JSON

	rev 4			rev 5
	2	==================================================================		2	==================================================================
	3			3
n	4	This happened to me even though the zlib dev libraries were installed.. apparent	n	4	I was getting the following error even though the zlib dev libraries were alread
	>	ly PIL setup.py doesn't know how to find libz.so.		>	y installed correctly.
	5			5
n	6	PIL expects libz.so to be located in /usr/lib not /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libz.s	n	6	.. code-block:: python
	>	o
	7			7
t	8	To fix this create a link!	t	8	--------------------------------------------------------------------
				9	PIL 1.1.7 SETUP SUMMARY
				10	--------------------------------------------------------------------
				11	version 1.1.7
				12	platform linux2 2.7.1+ (r271:86832, Apr 11 2011, 18:13:53)
				13	[GCC 4.5.2]
				14	--------------------------------------------------------------------
				15	*** TKINTER support not available
				16	*** JPEG support not available
				17	*** ZLIB (PNG/ZIP) support not available
				18	*** FREETYPE2 support not available
				19	*** LITTLECMS support not available
				20	--------------------------------------------------------------------
				21	To add a missing option, make sure you have the required
				22	library, and set the corresponding ROOT variable in the
				23	setup.py script.
				24
				25	Apparently PIL setup.py doesn't know how to find libz.so.
				26
				27	PIL expects libz.so to be located in /usr/lib not **/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/
				>	libz.so**
				28
				29	I fixed this issue by building a link to were PIL setup.py looks and where the l
				>	ibrary really exists!
				30
				31
	9			32
	10	Steps		33	Steps

rev 4 | foxhop | 1317331458000 | JSON

	rev 3			rev 4
	11	-----------		11	-----------
	12			12
n	13	#. find the location of your systems libz.so	n	13	1. find the location of your systems libz.so
	14			14
	15	.. code-block:: bash		15	.. code-block:: bash
	17	find . -name libz.so		17	find . -name libz.so
	18			18
t	19	#. create a soft link from /usr/lib to the location of libz.so	t	19	2. create a soft link from /usr/lib to the location of libz.so
	20			20
	21	.. code-block:: bash		21	.. code-block:: bash

rev 3 | foxhop | 1317331448000 | JSON

	rev 2			rev 3
	8	To fix this create a link!		8	To fix this create a link!
	9			9
t			t	10	Steps
				11	-----------
				12
				13	#. find the location of your systems libz.so
				14
				15	.. code-block:: bash
				16
				17	find . -name libz.so
				18
				19	#. create a soft link from /usr/lib to the location of libz.so
				20
				21	.. code-block:: bash
				22
	10	sudo ln -s /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libz.so /usr/lib		23	sudo ln -s /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libz.so /usr/lib
				24

rev 2 | foxhop | 1317330870000 | JSON

	rev 1			rev 2
	4	This happened to me even though the zlib dev libraries were installed.. apparent		4	This happened to me even though the zlib dev libraries were installed.. apparent
	>	ly PIL setup.py doesn't know how to find libz.so.		>	ly PIL setup.py doesn't know how to find libz.so.
	5			5
t	6	PIL expects libz.so to be located in /usr/lib not s/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libz.	t	6	PIL expects libz.so to be located in /usr/lib not /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libz.s
	>	so		>	o
	7			7
	8	To fix this create a link!		8	To fix this create a link!

rev 1 | foxhop | 1306601079000 | JSON

+ubuntu python easy_install pil does not install zlib support
+==================================================================
+This happened to me even though the zlib dev libraries were installed.. apparent
+ly PIL setup.py doesn't know how to find libz.so.
+PIL expects libz.so to be located in /usr/lib not s/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libz.
+so
+To fix this create a link!
+sudo ln -s /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libz.so /usr/lib