Installation ============ Warnings -------- .. warning:: Pillow and PIL cannot co-exist in the same environment. Before installing Pillow, please uninstall PIL. .. warning:: Pillow >= 1.0 no longer supports "import Image". Please use "from PIL import Image" instead. .. warning:: Pillow >= 2.1.0 no longer supports "import _imaging". Please use "from PIL.Image import core as _imaging" instead. Notes ----- .. note:: Pillow < 2.0.0 supports Python versions 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7. .. note:: Pillow >= 2.0.0 < 3.5.0 supports Python versions 2.6, 2.7, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5 .. note:: Pillow >= 3.5.0 supports Python versions 2.7, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5 Basic Installation ------------------ .. note:: The following instructions will install Pillow with support for most common image formats. See :ref:`external-libraries` for a full list of external libraries supported. .. note:: The basic installation works on Windows and macOS using the binaries from PyPI. Other installations require building from source as detailed below. Install Pillow with :command:`pip`:: $ pip install Pillow Or use :command:`easy_install` for installing `Python Eggs `_ as :command:`pip` does not support them:: $ easy_install Pillow Windows Installation ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ We provide Pillow binaries for Windows compiled for the matrix of supported Pythons in both 32 and 64-bit versions in wheel, egg, and executable installers. These binaries have all of the optional libraries included:: > pip install Pillow or:: > easy_install Pillow macOS Installation ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ We provide binaries for macOS for each of the supported Python versions in the wheel format. These include support for all optional libraries except OpenJPEG:: $ pip install Pillow Linux Installation ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ We do not provide binaries for Linux. Most major Linux distributions, including Fedora, Debian/Ubuntu and ArchLinux include Pillow in packages that previously contained PIL e.g. ``python-imaging``. Please consider using native operating system packages first to avoid installation problems and/or missing library support later. FreeBSD Installation ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Pillow can be installed on FreeBSD via the official Ports or Packages systems: **Ports**:: $ cd /usr/ports/graphics/py-pillow && make install clean **Packages**:: $ pkg install py27-pillow .. note:: The `Pillow FreeBSD port `_ and packages are tested by the ports team with all supported FreeBSD versions and against Python 2.x and 3.x. Building From Source -------------------- Download and extract the `compressed archive from PyPI`_. .. _compressed archive from PyPI: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/Pillow .. _external-libraries: External Libraries ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ .. note:: You **do not need to install all supported external libraries** to use Pillow's basic features. **Zlib** and **libjpeg** are required by default. .. note:: There are scripts to install the dependencies for some operating systems included in the ``depends`` directory. Many of Pillow's features require external libraries: * **libjpeg** provides JPEG functionality. * Pillow has been tested with libjpeg versions **6b**, **8**, **9**, and **9a** and libjpeg-turbo version **8**. * Starting with Pillow 3.0.0, libjpeg is required by default, but may be disabled with the ``--disable-jpeg`` flag. * **zlib** provides access to compressed PNGs * Starting with Pillow 3.0.0, zlib is required by default, but may be disabled with the ``--disable-zlib`` flag. * **libtiff** provides compressed TIFF functionality * Pillow has been tested with libtiff versions **3.x** and **4.0** * **libfreetype** provides type related services * **littlecms** provides color management * Pillow version 2.2.1 and below uses liblcms1, Pillow 2.3.0 and above uses liblcms2. Tested with **1.19** and **2.7**. * **libwebp** provides the WebP format. * Pillow has been tested with version **0.1.3**, which does not read transparent WebP files. Versions **0.3.0** and above support transparency. * **tcl/tk** provides support for tkinter bitmap and photo images. * **openjpeg** provides JPEG 2000 functionality. * Pillow has been tested with openjpeg **2.0.0** and **2.1.0**. * Pillow does **not** support the earlier **1.5** series which ships with Ubuntu and Debian. * **libimagequant** provides improved color quantization * Pillow has been tested with libimagequant **2.6.0** * Libimagequant is licensed GPLv3, which is more restrictive than the Pillow license, therefore we will not be distributing binaries with libimagequant support enabled. * Windows support: Libimagequant requires VS2013/MSVC 18 to compile, so it is unlikely to work with any Python prior to 3.5 on Windows. Once you have installed the prerequisites, run:: $ pip install Pillow If the prerequisites are installed in the standard library locations for your machine (e.g. :file:`/usr` or :file:`/usr/local`), no additional configuration should be required. If they are installed in a non-standard location, you may need to configure setuptools to use those locations by editing :file:`setup.py` or :file:`setup.cfg`, or by adding environment variables on the command line:: $ CFLAGS="-I/usr/pkg/include" pip install pillow If Pillow has been previously built without the required prerequisites, it may be necessary to manually clear the pip cache or build without cache using the ``--no-cache-dir`` option to force a build with newly installed external libraries. Build Options ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ * Environment Variable: ``MAX_CONCURRENCY=n``. By default, Pillow will use multiprocessing to build the extension on all available CPUs, but not more than 4. Setting ``MAX_CONCURRENCY`` to 1 will disable parallel building. * Build flags: ``--disable-zlib``, ``--disable-jpeg``, ``--disable-tiff``, ``--disable-freetype``, ``--disable-tcl``, ``--disable-tk``, ``--disable-lcms``, ``--disable-webp``, ``--disable-webpmux``, ``--disable-jpeg2000``, ``--disable-imagequant``. Disable building the corresponding feature even if the development libraries are present on the building machine. * Build flags: ``--enable-zlib``, ``--enable-jpeg``, ``--enable-tiff``, ``--enable-freetype``, ``--enable-tcl``, ``--enable-tk``, ``--enable-lcms``, ``--enable-webp``, ``--enable-webpmux``, ``--enable-jpeg2000``, ``--enable-imagequant``. Require that the corresponding feature is built. The build will raise an exception if the libraries are not found. Webpmux (WebP metadata) relies on WebP support. Tcl and Tk also must be used together. * Build flag: ``--disable-platform-guessing``. Skips all of the platform dependent guessing of include and library directories for automated build systems that configure the proper paths in the environment variables (e.g. Buildroot). * Build flag: ``--debug``. Adds a debugging flag to the include and library search process to dump all paths searched for and found to stdout. Sample Usage:: $ MAX_CONCURRENCY=1 python setup.py build_ext --enable-[feature] install or using pip:: $ pip install pillow --global-option="build_ext" --global-option="--enable-[feature]" Building on macOS ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The Xcode command line tools are required to compile portions of Pillow. The tools are installed by running ``xcode-select --install`` from the command line. The command line tools are required even if you have the full Xcode package installed. It may be necessary to run ``sudo xcodebuild -license`` to accept the license prior to using the tools. The easiest way to install external libraries is via `Homebrew `_. After you install Homebrew, run:: $ brew install libtiff libjpeg webp little-cms2 Install Pillow with:: $ pip install Pillow or from within the uncompressed source directory:: $ python setup.py install Building on Windows ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ We don't recommend trying to build on Windows. It is a maze of twisty passages, mostly dead ends. There are build scripts and notes for the Windows build in the ``winbuild`` directory. Building on FreeBSD ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ .. Note:: Only FreeBSD 10 tested Make sure you have Python's development libraries installed.:: $ sudo pkg install python2 Or for Python 3:: $ sudo pkg install python3 Prerequisites are installed on **FreeBSD 10** with:: $ sudo pkg install jpeg tiff webp lcms2 freetype2 Building on Linux ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ If you didn't build Python from source, make sure you have Python's development libraries installed. In Debian or Ubuntu:: $ sudo apt-get install python-dev python-setuptools Or for Python 3:: $ sudo apt-get install python3-dev python3-setuptools In Fedora, the command is:: $ sudo dnf install python-devel redhat-rpm-config Or for Python 3:: $ sudo dnf install python3-devel redhat-rpm-config .. Note:: ``redhat-rpm-config`` is required on Fedora 23, but not earlier versions. Prerequisites are installed on **Ubuntu 12.04 LTS** or **Raspian Wheezy 7.0** with:: $ sudo apt-get install libtiff4-dev libjpeg8-dev zlib1g-dev \ libfreetype6-dev liblcms2-dev libwebp-dev tcl8.5-dev tk8.5-dev python-tk Prerequisites are installed on **Ubuntu 14.04 LTS** with:: $ sudo apt-get install libtiff5-dev libjpeg8-dev zlib1g-dev \ libfreetype6-dev liblcms2-dev libwebp-dev tcl8.6-dev tk8.6-dev python-tk Prerequisites are installed on **Fedora 23** with:: $ sudo dnf install libtiff-devel libjpeg-devel zlib-devel freetype-devel \ lcms2-devel libwebp-devel tcl-devel tk-devel Platform Support ---------------- Current platform support for Pillow. Binary distributions are contributed for each release on a volunteer basis, but the source should compile and run everywhere platform support is listed. In general, we aim to support all current versions of Linux, macOS, and Windows. .. note:: Contributors please test Pillow on your platform then update this document and send a pull request. +----------------------------------+-------------+------------------------------+--------------------------------+-----------------------+ |**Operating system** |**Supported**|**Tested Python versions** |**Latest tested Pillow version**|**Tested processors** | +----------------------------------+-------------+------------------------------+--------------------------------+-----------------------+ | Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan |Yes | 2.7,3.3,3.4,3.5 | 3.4.1 |x86-64 | +----------------------------------+-------------+------------------------------+--------------------------------+-----------------------+ | Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite |Yes | 2.7,3.3,3.4 | 3.0.0 |x86-64 | +----------------------------------+-------------+------------------------------+--------------------------------+-----------------------+ | Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks |Yes | 2.7,3.2,3.3,3.4 | 3.0.0 |x86-64 | +----------------------------------+-------------+------------------------------+--------------------------------+-----------------------+ | Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion |Yes | 2.6,2.7,3.2,3.3 | |x86-64 | +----------------------------------+-------------+------------------------------+--------------------------------+-----------------------+ | Redhat Linux 6 |Yes | 2.6 | |x86 | +----------------------------------+-------------+------------------------------+--------------------------------+-----------------------+ | CentOS 6.3 |Yes | 2.7,3.3 | |x86 | +----------------------------------+-------------+------------------------------+--------------------------------+-----------------------+ | Fedora 23 |Yes | 2.7,3.4 | 3.1.0 |x86-64 | +----------------------------------+-------------+------------------------------+--------------------------------+-----------------------+ | Ubuntu Linux 10.04 LTS |Yes | 2.6 | 2.3.0 |x86,x86-64 | +----------------------------------+-------------+------------------------------+--------------------------------+-----------------------+ | Ubuntu Linux 12.04 LTS |Yes | 2.6,2.7,3.2,3.3,3.4,3.5 | 3.4.1 (CI target) |x86,x86-64 | | | | PyPy5.3.1,PyPy3 v2.4.0 | | | | | | | | | | | | 2.7,3.2 | 3.4.1 |ppc | +----------------------------------+-------------+------------------------------+--------------------------------+-----------------------+ | Ubuntu Linux 14.04 LTS |Yes | 2.7,3.4 | 3.1.0 |x86-64 | +----------------------------------+-------------+------------------------------+--------------------------------+-----------------------+ | Debian 8.2 Jessie |Yes | 2.7,3.4 | 3.1.0 |x86-64 | +----------------------------------+-------------+------------------------------+--------------------------------+-----------------------+ | Raspian Jessie |Yes | 2.7,3.4 | 3.1.0 |arm | +----------------------------------+-------------+------------------------------+--------------------------------+-----------------------+ | Gentoo Linux |Yes | 2.7,3.2 | 2.1.0 |x86-64 | +----------------------------------+-------------+------------------------------+--------------------------------+-----------------------+ | Arch Linux |Yes | 2.7,3.5 | 3.4.1 |x86,x86-64 | +----------------------------------+-------------+------------------------------+--------------------------------+-----------------------+ | FreeBSD 10.2 |Yes | 2.7,3.4 | 3.1.0 |x86-64 | +----------------------------------+-------------+------------------------------+--------------------------------+-----------------------+ | Windows 7 Pro |Yes | 2.7,3.2,3.3 | 3.4.1 |x86-64 | +----------------------------------+-------------+------------------------------+--------------------------------+-----------------------+ | Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise|Yes | 3.3 | |x86-64 | +----------------------------------+-------------+------------------------------+--------------------------------+-----------------------+ | Windows Server 2012 R2 |Yes | 2.7,3.3,3.4 | 3.4.1 (CI target) |x86,x86-64 | +----------------------------------+-------------+------------------------------+--------------------------------+-----------------------+ | Windows 8 Pro |Yes | 2.6,2.7,3.2,3.3,3.4a3 | 2.2.0 |x86,x86-64 | +----------------------------------+-------------+------------------------------+--------------------------------+-----------------------+ | Windows 8.1 Pro |Yes | 2.6,2.7,3.2,3.3,3.4 | 2.4.0 |x86,x86-64 | +----------------------------------+-------------+------------------------------+--------------------------------+-----------------------+ Old Versions ------------ You can download old distributions from `PyPI `_. Only the latest major releases for Python 2.x and 3.x are visible, but all releases are available by direct URL access e.g. https://pypi.python.org/pypi/Pillow/1.0.