How to install PIL to Python 3.5 on a mac?

Question

I am very new to Python installations and trying to install PIL. I have a feeling they are being installed to the wrong directory. PIP seems to have been installed fine.

Answer 1

On your command line:

$ which python

I'm betting that this returns:

/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages

This shows your 'basic' Python (which comes preinstalled on Mac) location. Now do:

$ which python3

If that shows this:

/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.5/bin/python3.5'

Then check for a pip3 version:

$ which pip3

If that exists and has a similar location to python3, then try this:

$ pip3 install Pillow

If that works, there is a good chance PyCharm will now pick up the correct installation.