[Image-SIG] Help Installing PIL 1.1.6

[Russell E. Owen]

In article <2F43092B-9C2C-4865-9AF3-5B25094124D1 at gmail.com>,
 Daniel Mellis <dpmellis at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I am running OS X 10.4.11 and python 2.5.2 and when I run "python  
> setup.py install" I get the following error message:
> 
> --- using frameworks at /System/Library/Frameworks
> building '_imaging' extension
> Compiling with an SDK that doesn't seem to exist: /Developer/SDKs/ 
> MacOSX10.4u.sdk
> Please check your Xcode installation
> gcc -arch ppc -arch i386 -isysroot /Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk - 
> fno-strict-aliasing -Wno-long-double -no-cpp-precomp -mno-fused-madd - 
> fno-common -dynamic -DNDEBUG -g -O3 -DHAVE_LIBZ -DWORDS_BIGENDIAN -I/ 
> usr/local/include/freetype2 -IlibImaging -I/Library/Frameworks/ 
> Python.framework/Versions/2.5/include -I/usr/local/include -I/Library/ 
> Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/include/python2.5 -c  
> _imaging.c -o build/temp.macosx-10.3-ppc-2.5/_imaging.o
> unable to execute gcc: No such file or directory
> error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1
> 
> I'm not very familiar with the unix aspects of OS X, so some hand  
> holding would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

I agree with Chris. But to comment on your specific question: it looks 
to me as if you don't have Apple's developer's tools (a.k.a. XCode) 
installed -- it can't seem to find the C compiler (gcc). To build PIL 
from source you have to have the developer's tools installed. Then you'd 
have to build various unix libraries from source. It's a lot easier to 
use the existing binary if you can.

-- Russell