[Image-SIG] install PIL

[Chris Barker]

Fei Xu wrote:
> I am installing PIL on Mac Os X. I ran the command python setup.py build
> and get an error messange as below:
> Fatal Python error: Interpreter not initialized (version mismatch?)
> Abort

That looks like the error you get when you have more than one version of 
Python installed on your system, and OS-X mixes the libraries up. This 
happens because of the way the python that came with OS-X (2.3.0) was 
put together.

The easiest solution is to get rid of all pythons except Apple's one. 
Unless you REALLY need something in a more recent version, it works just 
fine.

Also, you should be able to get PIL through the Package Manager that 
comes with the MacPython add-ons package.

If you have other problems, search the Python-Mac mailing list, or post 
a question there if your question isn't answered in the archives.

-Chris

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