http://www.sandersnewmedia.com/why/2012/04/16/installing-pil-virtualenv-ubuntu-1204-precise-pangolin/
APR 16, 2012
The following technique should work for both 32-bit and 64-bit systems.
Install the build dependencies:
sudo apt-get build-dep python-imaging
Symlink the libraries:
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfreetype.so /usr/lib/
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libjpeg.so /usr/lib/
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libz.so /usr/lib/
Install:
pip install PIL
You should see something like this after it builds:
PIL 1.1.7 SETUP SUMMARY
version 1.1.7
platform linux2 2.7.3 (default, Apr 10 2012, 22:21:37)
[GCC 4.6.3]
— TKINTER support available
— JPEG support available
— ZLIB (PNG/ZIP) support available
— FREETYPE2 support available
*** LITTLECMS support not available
This technique based on 64-bit instructions for Natty Narwhal