How do I install PIL/Pillow for Python 3.6?

Question

I have a script that requires PIL to run. Other than downgrading my Python, I couldn't find anyway to install PIL on my Python 3.6

Here are my attempts:

pip install pil Collecting pil   Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement pil (from versions: ) No matching distribution found for pil  pip install Pillow Collecting Pillow   Using cached Pillow-3.3.1.zip Installing collected packages: Pillow   Running setup.py install for Pillow ... error     Complete output from command c:\python\python36\python.exe -u -c "import setuptools, tokenize;__file__='C:\\Users\\ABDULR~1\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-build-rez5zpri\\Pillow\\setup.py';exec(compile(getattr(tokenize, 'open', open)(__file__).read().replace('\r\n', '\n'), __file__, 'exec'))" install --record C:\Users\ABDULR~1\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-a5bugnjo-record\install-record.txt --single-version-externally-managed --compile:     Single threaded build for windows     running install     running build     running build_py     creating build     creating build\lib.win-amd64-3.6     creating build\lib.win-amd64-3.6\PIL     copying PIL\......................     ..................................     ..................................     running egg_info     writing Pillow.egg-info\PKG-INFO     writing dependency_links to Pillow.egg-info\dependency_links.txt     writing top-level names to Pillow.egg-info\top_level.txt     warning: manifest_maker: standard file '-c' not found      reading manifest file 'Pillow.egg-info\SOURCES.txt'     reading manifest template 'MANIFEST.in'     warning: no files found matching '*.sh'     no previously-included directories found matching 'docs\_static'     warning: no previously-included files found matching '.coveragerc'     warning: no previously-included files found matching '.editorconfig'     warning: no previously-included files found matching '.landscape.yaml'     warning: no previously-included files found matching 'appveyor.yml'     warning: no previously-included files found matching 'build_children.sh'     warning: no previously-included files found matching 'tox.ini'     warning: no previously-included files matching '.git*' found anywhere in distribution     warning: no previously-included files matching '*.pyc' found anywhere in distribution     warning: no previously-included files matching '*.so' found anywhere in distribution     writing manifest file 'Pillow.egg-info\SOURCES.txt'     copying PIL\OleFileIO-README.md -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.6\PIL     running build_ext     Traceback (most recent call last):       File "<string>", line 1, in <module>       File "C:\Users\ABDULR~1\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-rez5zpri\Pillow\setup.py", line 753, in <module>         zip_safe=not debug_build(), )       File "c:\python\python36\lib\distutils\core.py", line 148, in setup         dist.run_commands()       File "c:\python\python36\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 955, in run_commands         self.run_command(cmd)       File "c:\python\python36\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 974, in run_command         cmd_obj.run()       File "c:\python\python36\lib\site-packages\setuptools\command\install.py", line 61, in run         return orig.install.run(self)       File "c:\python\python36\lib\distutils\command\install.py", line 539, in run         self.run_command('build')       File "c:\python\python36\lib\distutils\cmd.py", line 313, in run_command         self.distribution.run_command(command)       File "c:\python\python36\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 974, in run_command         cmd_obj.run()       File "c:\python\python36\lib\distutils\command\build.py", line 135, in run         self.run_command(cmd_name)       File "c:\python\python36\lib\distutils\cmd.py", line 313, in run_command         self.distribution.run_command(command)       File "c:\python\python36\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 974, in run_command         cmd_obj.run()       File "c:\python\python36\lib\distutils\command\build_ext.py", line 338, in run         self.build_extensions()       File "C:\Users\ABDULR~1\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-rez5zpri\Pillow\setup.py", line 521, in build_extensions         ' using --disable-%s, aborting' % (f, f))     ValueError: zlib is required unless explicitly disabled using --disable-zlib, aborting      ---------------------------------------- Command "c:\python\python36\python.exe -u -c "import setuptools, tokenize;__file__='C:\\Users\\ABDULR~1\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-build-rez5zpri\\Pillow\\setup.py';exec(compile(getattr(tokenize, 'open', open)(__file__).read().replace('\r\n', '\n'), __file__, 'exec'))" install --record C:\Users\ABDULR~1\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-a5bugnjo-record\install-record.txt --single-version-externally-managed --compile" failed with error code 1 in C:\Users\ABDULR~1\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-rez5zpri\Pillow\ 

Didn't know to add argument --disable-zlib, pip install Pillow --disable-zlib wasn't correct.

Couldn't find what matches my system here: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/Pillow/3.0.0

64-bit Windows 10 & Python 3.6

Answer 1

For python version 2.x you can simply use

• pip install pillow

But for python version 3.X you need to specify

• (sudo) pip3 install pillow

when you enter pip in bash hit tab and you will see what options you have

Answer 2

You can download the wheel corresponding to your configuration here ("Pillow‑4.1.1‑cp36‑cp36m‑win_amd64.whl" in your case) and install it with:

pip install some-package.whl

If you have problem to install the wheel read this answer