[Image-SIG] Mac support for PIL

[Yury V. Zaytsev]

Hi!

On Wed, 2010-05-05 at 21:42 +0100, Paul Ross wrote:
> 
> I know that PIL is Windows-centric but is there any chance that it will
>  support Snow Leopard on Apple Mac some time soon?

Windows-centric?!

> I have googled for the answer for a couple of hours now and tried many
>  ad-hoc things (deleting PIL, installing libjpeg etc. etc.) but I
>  always just get "IOError: decoder jpeg not available" whenever I try
>  and manipulate JPEG images

Basically you have to build and install libjpeg and other decoders from
source or use a package management system, such as Fink or Macports,
then rebuild PIL against them.

If you want more help, ask specific questions.

-- 
Sincerely yours,
Yury V. Zaytsev