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I have this problem:
No module named _imagingft
I have installed PIL, but it still does not work. I use OSX.
I’m trying to install this module for Django Simple Captcha.
The suggest of Cristopher works very well for me.
Details follow:
1. Uninstall existing Python Imaging Library
Download and extract the source version (from here
http://effbot.org/downloads/Imaging-1.1.6.tar.gz)
Install freetype2 library (you need freetype cause _imagingft
handles TrueType fonts for captcha)
Modify setup.py (in PIL extracted source folder)to match the
freetype2 library (e.g. on my VPS with Centos I’ve changed line ‘FREETYPE_ROOT = None’
to ‘FREETYPE_ROOT = “/usr/local/include”‘)
Build PIL (python setup.py build) and verify that Freetype2 support
is ok
Install PIL (python setup.py build)
After installing you could verify existence of library, opening
python console and typing ‘import instructions for _imagingft
library’.
If you use ubuntu you can use following manual:
http://helloworld.infobart.com/compiling-pil-on-ubuntu-natty