PIL library is not more accessible

[Kuloto]

Hello! I have noticed that you update Python version from 2.4 to 2.7. It's really cool but some my pages use PIL library which not aviable now, so they don't work. Are going to install PIL for Python 2.7 too? Or how can I use the old version 2.4?

[cl58]

The PIL library does not have an update compatible with Python 2.7 yet. Unfortunately, downgrading is impossible so until PIL releases an update, you will have to find an alternate solution. I apologize for the inconvenience, but this is not our fault. For more information, see http://www.pythonware.com/products/pil/

[Kuloto]

Ok. But is it actually impossible to switch between Python versions? On this page are listed Python 2.4, 2.7 and 3.2. Why?

PS: I use WSGI and Django.

[Guest Geoff]

You can switch python versions if you are using a CGI script. If you are using WSGI, you are stuck with 2.7.

 

If we downgraded python, we would be downgrading for the entire server. HelioHost strives to use the latest software; python 2.7 is installed because it is the latest version that is compatible with django.

 

When django becomes compatible with python 3, we will be sure and upgrade to use that version.

 

EDIT: I'm going to see if I can install that library using easy_install. What server are you on?

[Kuloto]

Thank you for attention to my problem.

I am on Heliohost (kuloto.heliohost.org)

/home1/kuloto/

[Guest Geoff]

Server: stevie.

 

PIL has been installed on stevie:

 

 

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PIL 1.1.7 SETUP SUMMARY
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version       1.1.7
platform      linux2 2.7.1 (r271:86832, May 15 2011, 21:32:40)
              [GCC 4.1.2 20080704 (Red Hat 4.1.2-48)]
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*** TKINTER support not available
--- JPEG support available
--- ZLIB (PNG/ZIP) support available
--- FREETYPE2 support available
*** LITTLECMS support not available
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