Installing PIL in a virtualenv on Ubuntu 12.04

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 …