PIL error: The _imaging C module is not installed

Question

I have PIL (Python imaging library) installed.

When I run Python:

import PIL
import Image
import _imaging

I don\'t get errors. Howe

Answer 1

why the problem exists, is with PIL 1.1.6? (only 1.1.7), Is that the version 1.1.6 does not use these libraries?

PIL 1.1.6 also uses its internal C library to speed things up.

For Windows you should use the precompiled packages. http://www.pythonware.com/products/pil/ offers X86 Windows binaries for 1.1.7. You might run into a problem with 1.1.7 Windows binaries. The freetype C library references a debug CRT that is not available on all machines. You can easily patch the _imagingft.pyd file with a hex editor.