[Tutor] importing from PIL

[Alan Gauld]

On 12/08/2020 00:46, Chris Roy-Smith wrote:
> Hi
> Ubuntu 18.04
> python3.8
> 
> under these conditions I get
> 
>  >>> from PIL import Image
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>    File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
>    File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/PIL/Image.py", line 60, in <module>
>      from . import _imaging as core
> ImportError: cannot import name '_imaging' from 'PIL' 
> (/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/PIL/__init__.py)
> 
> If I do the same in python 3.6 on the same computer, this command does 
> not raise an error.
> 
> How do I proceed from here?


Are you sure your version of Pillow is compatible with 3.8?
PIL/Pilow has a long tradition of being a release or two behind
the bleeding edge. (One reason I usually leave a couple of
releases before upgrading...)

Is there a reason you upgraded to 3.8? Is there anything in
it that you need that isn't in 3.6?

Or is there an updated PIL/Pillow that works with 3.8?

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