在Django模型中使用ImageField的PIL / Pillow的替代方法

Question

I am setting a django project on Shared hosting server using virtualenv where I don't have root access . Also sudo doesn't works.I am using ImageField in models that require PIL/Pillow to be installed.But when I try

pip install pillow

I get this error:

unable to execute gcc: Permission denied
error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1

So is there any alternative available for PIL/Pillow which can be installed without root access and gcc permissions ? (No permissions even in the virtualenv)

Answer 1

ImageField requires the Pillow library, see here: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/models/fields/ , no two ways around that. You will need to install it. There are several solutions in your case:

1. Install/get permission to run gcc on the server
2. Compile somewhere else, where the setup is identical and copy the files
3. Change your code to not use ImageField