In article <785f1942-6aec-4a5a-934a-8db50648b...@e22g2000vbm.googlegroups.com>, Xiao <x...@xiao-yu.com> wrote: > I haven't fully understood the nuances in the difference between > Apple's system Python and MacPython. But I have just installed Python > 2.6.4 from python.org. Now I'm trying to install a fresh downloaded > PIL 1.1.6 but couldn't. > python setup.py install gives: > lipo: can't open input file: /var/tmp//ccfwpQd6.out (No such file or > directory) > Everything worked fine on Apple's Python 2.6.1
Building PIL on OS X is annoyingly non-trivial and this subject is one that comes up frequently on the Mac python list (http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.comp.python.apple); you may want to search the archives or ask further questions there. Typically, the problem is that PIL depends on some libraries that do not ship with OS X and you need to provide them in the proper architectures to satisfy the python build you are using. The easiest approach is to use a complete solution from MacPorts since it includes PIL and python2.6 ports: $ sudo port py26-pil will pull in and build everything including a new python2.6. If you'd rather not do that, you can use MacPorts or Fink to build the necessary libraries. Another approach that should work (but I haven't tested on 10.6) is to install the UnixImageIO and FreeType frameworks from here: http://www.kyngchaos.com/software:frameworks -- Ned Deily, n...@acm.org -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
