.. _spkg_pillow:

pillow: Python Imaging Library
==============================

Description
-----------

Pillow is the "friendly" PIL fork by Alex Clark and Contributors.

The Python Imaging Library (PIL) adds powerful image processing and
graphics capabilities to Python. The library supports many file formats.

License
-------

Standard PIL License


Upstream Contact
----------------

- Author: Alex Clark <aclark@aclark.net>
- https://python-pillow.org/
- Homepage: http://python-imaging.github.io/


Type
----

standard


Dependencies
------------

- $(PYTHON)
- :ref:`spkg_zlib`
- :ref:`spkg_freetype`
- $(PYTHON_TOOLCHAIN)
- :ref:`spkg_pkgconf`

Version Information
-------------------

package-version.txt::

    9.0.1

install-requires.txt::

    pillow >=7.2.0


Equivalent System Packages
--------------------------

conda:

.. CODE-BLOCK:: bash

    $ conda install  pillow


macports:
install the following packages: py-Pillow

opensuse:

.. CODE-BLOCK:: bash

    $ sudo zypper install python3-Pillow


void:

.. CODE-BLOCK:: bash

    $ sudo xbps-install  python3-Pillow


See https://repology.org/project/python:pillow/versions


However, these system packages will not be used for building Sage
because using Python site-packages is not supported by the Sage distribution;
see :trac:`29023`

