[reportlab-users] Image Library not Available

Peter peter at maubp.freeserve.co.uk
Mon Apr 6 18:02:37 EDT 2009


On 4/6/09, Jim Steil <jim at qlf.com> wrote:

>

> Hi

>

> I get this message on my development box whenever I try to insert an image

> into my report. But, it worked fine in the past on a previous dev box and

> works fine on my production server.

>

> RuntimeError: Imaging Library not available, unable to import bitmaps

>

> Did I mess something up with the install on this box?


Did you install the Python Imaging Library (PIL)? It is clearly
listed as a dependency on the reportlab website, and is required for
working with bitmaps.

If you installed ReportLab using your Linux distribution's package
manager, then maybe there is a missing dependency.

Peter


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