pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound：PIL

Question

I am trying to use the reviewcode of python/django for a git repo. while installing the

easy_install ReviewBoard

I got the following error

Setup script exited with error: command 'x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc' failed with exit status 1.

this error occurred while installing the PIL dependency. I installed it manually using

pip install PIL

which installed successfully

but on creating the site like :

sudo rb-site install /var/www/reviewboard

but Now getting the annoying error:

pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound: PIL

any clue, How this problem can be resolved ?

Update

 PIL SETUP SUMMARY -------------------------------------------------------------------- version Pillow 2.3.0 platform linux2 2.7.5+ (default, Sep 19 2013, 13:48:49) [GCC 4.8.1] -------------------------------------------------------------------- *** TKINTER support not available --- JPEG support available --- ZLIB (PNG/ZIP) support available *** LIBTIFF support not available --- FREETYPE2 support available *** LITTLECMS2 support not available *** WEBP support not available *** WEBPMUX support not available -------------------------------------------------------------------- To add a missing option, make sure you have the required library, and set the corresponding ROOT variable in the setup.py script. To check the build, run the selftest.py script. changing mode of build/scripts-2.7/pilprint.py from 644 to 755 changing mode of build/scripts-2.7/pilconvert.py from 644 to 755 changing mode of build/scripts-2.7/pilfont.py from 644 to 755 changing mode of build/scripts-2.7/pilfile.py from 644 to 755 changing mode of build/scripts-2.7/pildriver.py from 644 to 755 changing mode of /home/naveen/ENV/ly-subs/bin/pilprint.py to 755 changing mode of /home/naveen/ENV/ly-subs/bin/pilconvert.py to 755 changing mode of /home/naveen/ENV/ly-subs/bin/pilfont.py to 755 changing mode of /home/naveen/ENV/ly-subs/bin/pilfile.py to 755 changing mode of /home/naveen/ENV/ly-subs/bin/pildriver.py to 755 

Answer 1

As mentioned in Python 1.6 release notes :

Pillow is now the preferred image manipulation library to use with Django. PIL is pending deprecation (support to be removed in Django 1.8). To upgrade, you should first uninstall PIL, then install Pillow.

Answer 2

sudo pip install PIL --allow-external PIL --allow-unverified PIL