Thanks for that reply. I hadn't tried installing the Tcl and Tk development libraries - because I had no idea these that these were necessary (or that they even existed!). My first attempt to do so was a total failure, as I downloaded the RPM files from http://rpmfind.net, but immediately entered a dependency hell. My next attempt was a little more thought out - I looked for the appropriate files on some Fedora Core 1 distribution discs, and to my surprise found them. To my even greater surprise, I could load these without problems and then the PIL install ran smoothly.
So thanks to your hint I have got there. Much appreciated. Peter -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
