How to fix "pip installation error on pillow"

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I just ran pip install pillow on pycharm windows but it gives an error as mentioned below help me to solve this problem

I tired manually installing pillow form downloading pillow form github by python setup.py install

but didn't work on installing on pycharm I don't know what the error is the entire process in mentioned below:-

Collecting Pillow
  Using cached https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/81/1a/6b2971adc1bca55b9a53ed1efa372acff7e8b9913982a396f3fa046efaf8/Pillow-6.0.0.tar.gz
Installing collected packages: Pillow
  Running setup.py install for Pillow ... error
    Complete output from command C:\Users\rijal\Desktop\webdevlops\django_project\venv\Scripts\python.exe -u -c "import setuptools, tokenize;__file__='C:\\Users\\rijal\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-di5is9gd\\
Pillow\\setup.py';f=getattr(tokenize, 'open', open)(__file__);code=f.read().replace('\r\n', '\n');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, 'exec'))" install --record C:\Users\rijal\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-record-zdea
w2p6\install-record.txt --single-version-externally-managed --compile --install-headers C:\Users\rijal\Desktop\webdevlops\django_project\venv\include\site\python3.8\Pillow:
    C:\Users\rijal\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-di5is9gd\Pillow\setup.py:29: RuntimeWarning: Pillow does not yet support Python 3.8 and does not yet provide prebuilt Windows binaries. We do not recommend buildin
g from source on Windows.
      warnings.warn(
    running install
    running build
    running build_py
    creating build
    creating build\lib.win-amd64-3.8
    creating build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\PIL
    copying src\PIL\BdfFontFile.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\PIL
    copying src\PIL\BlpImagePlugin.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\PIL
    copying src\PIL\BmpImagePlugin.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\PIL
    copying src\PIL\BufrStubImagePlugin.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\PIL
    copying src\PIL\ContainerIO.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\PIL
    copying src\PIL\CurImagePlugin.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\PIL
    copying src\PIL\DcxImagePlugin.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\PIL
    copying src\PIL\DdsImagePlugin.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\PIL
    copying src\PIL\EpsImagePlugin.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\PIL
    copying src\PIL\ExifTags.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\PIL
    copying src\PIL\features.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\PIL
    copying src\PIL\FitsStubImagePlugin.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\PIL
    copying src\PIL\FliImagePlugin.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\PIL
    copying src\PIL\FontFile.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\PIL
    copying src\PIL\FpxImagePlugin.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\PIL
    copying src\PIL\FtexImagePlugin.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\PIL
    copying src\PIL\GbrImagePlugin.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\PIL
    copying src\PIL\GdImageFile.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\PIL
    copying src\PIL\GifImagePlugin.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\PIL
    copying src\PIL\GimpGradientFile.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\PIL
    copying src\PIL\GimpPaletteFile.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\PIL
    copying src\PIL\GribStubImagePlugin.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\PIL
    copying src\PIL\Hdf5StubImagePlugin.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\PIL
    copying src\PIL\IcnsImagePlugin.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\PIL
    copying src\PIL\IcoImagePlugin.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\PIL
    copying src\PIL\Image.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\PIL
    copying src\PIL\ImageChops.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\PIL
    copying src\PIL\ImageCms.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\PIL
    copying src\PIL\ImageColor.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\PIL
    copying src\PIL\ImageDraw.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\PIL
    copying src\PIL\ImageDraw2.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\PIL
    copying src\PIL\ImageEnhance.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\PIL
    copying src\PIL\ImageFile.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\PIL
    copying src\PIL\ImageFilter.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\PIL
    copying src\PIL\ImageFont.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\PIL
    copying src\PIL\ImageGrab.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\PIL
    copying src\PIL\ImageMath.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\PIL
    copying src\PIL\ImageMode.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\PIL
    copying src\PIL\ImageMorph.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\PIL
    copying src\PIL\ImageOps.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\PIL
    copying src\PIL\ImagePalette.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\PIL
    copying src\PIL\ImagePath.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\PIL
    copying src\PIL\ImageQt.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\PIL
    copying src\PIL\ImageSequence.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\PIL
    copying src\PIL\ImageShow.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\PIL
    copying src\PIL\ImageStat.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\PIL
    copying src\PIL\ImageTk.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\PIL
    copying src\PIL\ImageTransform.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\PIL
    copying src\PIL\ImageWin.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\PIL
    copying src\PIL\ImImagePlugin.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\PIL
    copying src\PIL\ImtImagePlugin.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\PIL
    copying src\PIL\IptcImagePlugin.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\PIL
    copying src\PIL\Jpeg2KImagePlugin.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\PIL
    copying src\PIL\JpegImagePlugin.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\PIL
    copying src\PIL\JpegPresets.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\PIL
    copying src\PIL\McIdasImagePlugin.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\PIL
    copying src\PIL\MicImagePlugin.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\PIL
    copying src\PIL\MpegImagePlugin.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\PIL
    copying src\PIL\MpoImagePlugin.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\PIL
    copying src\PIL\MspImagePlugin.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\PIL
    copying src\PIL\PaletteFile.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\PIL
    copying src\PIL\PalmImagePlugin.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\PIL
    copying src\PIL\PcdImagePlugin.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\PIL
    copying src\PIL\PcfFontFile.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\PIL
    copying src\PIL\PcxImagePlugin.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\PIL
    copying src\PIL\PdfImagePlugin.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\PIL
    copying src\PIL\PdfParser.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\PIL
    copying src\PIL\PixarImagePlugin.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\PIL
    copying src\PIL\PngImagePlugin.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\PIL
    copying src\PIL\PpmImagePlugin.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\PIL
    copying src\PIL\PsdImagePlugin.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\PIL
    copying src\PIL\PSDraw.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\PIL
    copying src\PIL\PyAccess.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\PIL
    copying src\PIL\SgiImagePlugin.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\PIL
    copying src\PIL\SpiderImagePlugin.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\PIL
    copying src\PIL\SunImagePlugin.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\PIL
    copying src\PIL\TarIO.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\PIL
    copying src\PIL\TgaImagePlugin.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\PIL
    copying src\PIL\TiffImagePlugin.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\PIL
    copying src\PIL\TiffTags.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\PIL
    copying src\PIL\WalImageFile.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\PIL
    copying src\PIL\WebPImagePlugin.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\PIL
    copying src\PIL\WmfImagePlugin.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\PIL
    copying src\PIL\XbmImagePlugin.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\PIL
    copying src\PIL\XpmImagePlugin.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\PIL
    copying src\PIL\XVThumbImagePlugin.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\PIL
    copying src\PIL\_binary.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\PIL
    copying src\PIL\_tkinter_finder.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\PIL
    copying src\PIL\_util.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\PIL
    copying src\PIL\_version.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\PIL
    copying src\PIL\__init__.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\PIL
    running egg_info
    writing src\Pillow.egg-info\PKG-INFO
    writing dependency_links to src\Pillow.egg-info\dependency_links.txt
    writing top-level names to src\Pillow.egg-info\top_level.txt
    reading manifest file 'src\Pillow.egg-info\SOURCES.txt'
    reading manifest template 'MANIFEST.in'

and the error is like this

warning: no files found matching '*.c'
warning: no files found matching '*.h'
warning: no files found matching '*.sh'
no previously-included directories found matching 'docs\_static'
warning: no previously-included files found matching '.appveyor.yml'
warning: no previously-included files found matching '.coveragerc'
warning: no previously-included files found matching '.codecov.yml'
warning: no previously-included files found matching '.editorconfig'
warning: no previously-included files found matching '.landscape.yaml'
warning: no previously-included files found matching '.readthedocs.yml'
warning: no previously-included files found matching 'azure-pipelines.yml'
warning: no previously-included files found matching 'tox.ini'
warning: no previously-included files matching '.git*' found anywhere in distribution
warning: no previously-included files matching '*.pyc' found anywhere in distribution
warning: no previously-included files matching '*.so' found anywhere in distribution
no previously-included directories found matching '.azure-pipelines'
no previously-included directories found matching '.travis'
writing manifest file 'src\Pillow.egg-info\SOURCES.txt'
running build_ext

The headers or library files could not be found for zlib,
a required dependency when compiling Pillow from source.

Please see the install instructions at:
   https://pillow.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installation.html

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\rijal\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-di5is9gd\Pillow\setup.py", line 759, in <module>
    setup(name=NAME,
  File "C:\Users\rijal\Desktop\webdevlops\django_project\venv\lib\site-packages\setuptools-40.8.0-py3.8.egg\setuptools\__init__.py", line 145, in setup
  File "C:\Users\rijal\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\distutils\core.py", line 148, in setup
    dist.run_commands()
  File "C:\Users\rijal\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 966, in run_commands
    self.run_command(cmd)
  File "C:\Users\rijal\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 985, in run_command
    cmd_obj.run()
  File "C:\Users\rijal\Desktop\webdevlops\django_project\venv\lib\site-packages\setuptools-40.8.0-py3.8.egg\setuptools\command\install.py", line 61, in run
  File "C:\Users\rijal\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\distutils\command\install.py", line 545, in run
    self.run_command('build')
  File "C:\Users\rijal\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\distutils\cmd.py", line 313, in run_command
    self.distribution.run_command(command)
  File "C:\Users\rijal\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 985, in run_command
    cmd_obj.run()
  File "C:\Users\rijal\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\distutils\command\build.py", line 135, in run
    self.run_command(cmd_name)
  File "C:\Users\rijal\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\distutils\cmd.py", line 313, in run_command
    self.distribution.run_command(command)
  File "C:\Users\rijal\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 985, in run_command
    cmd_obj.run()
  File "C:\Users\rijal\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\distutils\command\build_ext.py", line 340, in run
    self.build_extensions()
  File "C:\Users\rijal\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-di5is9gd\Pillow\setup.py", line 606, in build_extensions
    raise RequiredDependencyException(f)
__main__.RequiredDependencyException: zlib

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
  File "C:\Users\rijal\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-di5is9gd\Pillow\setup.py", line 804, in <module>
    raise RequiredDependencyException(msg)
__main__.RequiredDependencyException:

The headers or library files could not be found for zlib,
a required dependency when compiling Pillow from source.

Please see the install instructions at:
   https://pillow.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installation.html

----------------------------------------
Command "C:\Users\rijal\Desktop\webdevlops\django_project\venv\Scripts\python.exe -u -c "import setuptools, tokenize;__file__='C:\\Users\\rijal\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-di5is9gd\\Pillow\\setup.py';f=geta
ttr(tokenize, 'open', open)(__file__);code=f.read().replace('\r\n', '\n');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, 'exec'))" install --record C:\Users\rijal\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-record-zdeaw2p6\install-record.txt
--single-version-externally-managed --compile --install-headers C:\Users\rijal\Desktop\webdevlops\django_project\venv\include\site\python3.8\Pillow" failed with error code 1 in C:\Users\rijal\AppData\Local\Temp\pi
p-install-di5is9gd\Pillow\

Reading the stacktraces: "Pillow does not yet support Python 3.8" and "The headers or library files could not be found for zlib". If you go to the recommended URL, is says: "We don’t recommend trying to build on Windows. It is a maze of twisty passages, mostly dead ends." So your best bet is to downgrade to python 3.7 and do the "pip install Pillow". — xbello, Commented Jun 30, 2019 at 8:41

Hugo · Accepted Answer · 2019-11-19 13:09:39Z

55

Pillow 6.2.0 now supports Python 3.8 and has prebuilt wheels available.

Make sure you're using Python 3.8.0 final or later with pip 19.2 or later.

To upgrade:

python -m pip install --upgrade pip
python -m pip install --upgrade pillow

Reason for preferring python -m pip install over pip install:

https://snarky.ca/why-you-should-use-python-m-pip/

answered Nov 19, 2019 at 13:09

Hugo

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2

What's the significance of python -m? What does that do?
– Chris Dixon
Commented Aug 26, 2020 at 0:08
1

To make sure you use the same Python version for pip and your script. See snarky.ca/why-you-should-use-python-m-pip
– Hugo
Commented Aug 27, 2020 at 3:36
1

This did not work in my case, the root cause was the missing libraries as per vikas Tikoo's answer.
– Blindfreddy
Commented Oct 7, 2022 at 12:22

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Vikas Tikoo · Accepted Answer · 2022-04-24 08:00:58Z

14

I had the same missing zlib issue on an old Ubuntu 18.04 VM.

The headers or library files could not be found for zlib,
a required dependency when compiling Pillow from source.

Installing the zlib dev package made it go further. It then hit similar issue for jpeg and png libraries.

This is what finally worked for me:

sudo apt install zlib1g-dev libjpeg-dev libpng-dev

answered Apr 24, 2022 at 8:00

Vikas Tikoo

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I can confirm that this works for a pip install of pillow on Raspberry Pi OS 2022-04-04.
– BlandCorporation
Commented Jun 14, 2022 at 4:29
This also worked for me - simply upgrading pillow with pip did not ! This should be the accepted answer.
– Blindfreddy
Commented Oct 7, 2022 at 12:21
I got at this problem during installation of easyOCR at ubuntu 18.04, it helped a lot. 1000 thanks :-)
– TrailSurfer
Commented May 3 at 13:19

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Dee · Accepted Answer · 2020-01-26 23:17:55Z

3

If you are using windows make sure python is 3.8 and pip v19.0. then use python -m pip install --upgrade Pillow to install v7. this worked for me

answered Jan 26, 2020 at 23:17

Dee

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gre_gor · Accepted Answer · 2022-07-12 00:54:55Z

On Windows using MSYS2/MinGW
To build Pillow using MSYS2, make sure you run the MSYS2 MinGW 32-bit or MSYS2 MinGW 64-bit console, not MSYS2 directly.

The following instructions target the 64-bit build, for 32-bit replace all occurrences of mingw-w64-x86_64- with mingw-w64-i686-.

Make sure you have Python and GCC installed:

pacman -S \
    mingw-w64-x86_64-gcc \
    mingw-w64-x86_64-python3 \
    mingw-w64-x86_64-python3-pip \
    mingw-w64-x86_64-python3-setuptools

Then install Prerequisites on MSYS2 MinGW 64-bit with:

pacman -S \
    mingw-w64-x86_64-libjpeg-turbo \
    mingw-w64-x86_64-zlib \
    mingw-w64-x86_64-libtiff \
    mingw-w64-x86_64-freetype \
    mingw-w64-x86_64-lcms2 \
    mingw-w64-x86_64-libwebp \
    mingw-w64-x86_64-openjpeg2 \
    mingw-w64-x86_64-libimagequant \
    mingw-w64-x86_64-libraqm

Now install Pillow with:

python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
python3 -m pip install --upgrade Pillow

It works for me.

Hi Ankit. Kindly use proper formatting to enhance your answer. — Failed Scientist, Commented Oct 22, 2021 at 2:39

Razou Noudi · Accepted Answer · 2021-07-16 11:52:31Z

-1

After trying everything else, I Could resolve the issue by updating the python version from 3.8.9 to latest version(3.9.*).

answered Jul 16, 2021 at 11:52

Razou Noudi

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Saad Hameed · Accepted Answer · 2020-04-30 20:33:49Z

-3

Try pip install pillow and then python -m pip install pillow

answered Apr 30, 2020 at 20:33

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