Probably the jpeg library - libjpeg is not present on your system. Search Google for it, then download and install it. Try http://rpmfind.net also to find it:
http://rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=libjpeg&submit=Search+... But Fredrik's advice is very good - whenever installing a software package, make sure to read the installation guide, release notes, etc - carefully, and then do accordingly. This can save you a lot of time and rework. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vasudev Ram Independent software consultant Personal site: http://www.geocities.com/vasudevram PDF conversion tools: http://sourceforge.net/projects/xtopdf ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fredrik Lundh wrote: > Lad wrote: > > > I installed PIL under Linux but now when I try it I get the error: > > > > decoder jpeg not available > > How can I correct that problem? > > if you built PIL yourself, the setup script told you how to fix this. > > - make sure you have right libraries installed (see the > "prerequisites" section in the README) > > - run setup and read the BUILD SUMMARY report carefully > > - if the setup script cannot find a component, you'll have to edit > the setup.py file and set the appropriate ROOT variable. see in- > structions in the setup.py file for details. > > if you got a binary release, complain to the distributor. > > </F> -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
