How to install PIL on Ubuntu

Install PIL on Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick¶

$ sudo apt-get build-dep python-imaging 
$ pip install http://effbot.org/downloads/Imaging-1.1.7.tar.gz 

Install PIL on Ubuntu Oneiric

In order to use ttf fonts, installation on Oneiric requires some symlinking. See:

Install PIL on Scientific Linux 6¶

yum install python-imaging
yum install freetype-devel
pip install PIL

Installing PIL with easy_install (setuptools)

This link has good info if using easy_install (setup.py): http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2485295/the-problem-with-installing-pil-using-virtualenv-or-buildout