ValueError: jpeg is required unless explicitly disabled using --disable-jpeg, aborting

Question

I try to install reddit on a 12.04 ubuntu server but I get an error

Please see the lines from terminal below. Please help me to fix it. I get this error after the ff line "sudo python setup.py develop"

I already install the all necessary dependencies using the PPA

Cannot find Cython. Skipping Cython build.
Cannot find Baseplate. Skipping Thrift build.
running develop
Checking .pth file support in /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/
/usr/bin/python -E -c pass
TEST PASSED: /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ appears to support .pth files
running egg_info
writing requirements to r2.egg-info/requires.txt
writing r2.egg-info/PKG-INFO
writing top-level names to r2.egg-info/top_level.txt
writing dependency_links to r2.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
writing entry points to r2.egg-info/entry_points.txt
reading manifest file 'r2.egg-info/SOURCES.txt'
writing manifest file 'r2.egg-info/SOURCES.txt'
running build_ext
copying build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7/Cfilters.so -> 
Creating /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/r2.egg-link (link to .)
r2 0.0.0dev is already the active version in easy-install.pth

Installed /home/reddit/reddit/r2
Processing dependencies for r2==0.0.0dev
Searching for Pillow
Reading http://pypi.python.org/simple/Pillow/
Best match: Pillow 3.2.0
Downloading https://pypi.python.org/packages/e2/af/0a3981fffc5cd43078eb8b1057702e0dd2d5771e5aaa36cbd140e32f8473/Pillow-3.2.0.tar.gz#md5=7cfd093c11205d9e2ebe3c51dfcad510
Processing Pillow-3.2.0.tar.gz
Running Pillow-3.2.0/setup.py -q bdist_egg --dist-dir /tmp/easy_install-72k68O/Pillow-3.2.0/egg-dist-tmp-auWCL6
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
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "setup.py", line 138, in <module>
    """,
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/distutils/core.py", line 152, in setup
    dist.run_commands()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/distutils/dist.py", line 953, in run_commands
    self.run_command(cmd)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/distutils/dist.py", line 972, in run_command
    cmd_obj.run()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools/command/develop.py", line 27, in run
    self.install_for_development()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools/command/develop.py", line 105, in install_for_development
    self.process_distribution(None, self.dist, not self.no_deps)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 692, in process_distribution
    [requirement], self.local_index, self.easy_install
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 576, in resolve
    dist = best[req.key] = env.best_match(req, self, installer)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 821, in best_match
    return self.obtain(req, installer) # try and download/install
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 833, in obtain
    return installer(requirement)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 608, in easy_install
    return self.install_item(spec, dist.location, tmpdir, deps)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 638, in install_item
    dists = self.install_eggs(spec, download, tmpdir)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 828, in install_eggs
    return self.build_and_install(setup_script, setup_base)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 1105, in build_and_install
    self.run_setup(setup_script, setup_base, args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 1094, in run_setup
    run_setup(setup_script, args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools/sandbox.py", line 30, in run_setup
    lambda: execfile(
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools/sandbox.py", line 72, in run
    return func()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools/sandbox.py", line 32, in <lambda>
    {'__file__':setup_script, '__name__':'__main__'}
  File "setup.py", line 767, in <module>

  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/distutils/core.py", line 152, in setup
    dist.run_commands()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/distutils/dist.py", line 953, in run_commands
    self.run_command(cmd)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/distutils/dist.py", line 972, in run_command
    cmd_obj.run()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools/command/bdist_egg.py", line 179, in run
    cmd = self.call_command('install_lib', warn_dir=0)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools/command/bdist_egg.py", line 166, in call_command
    self.run_command(cmdname)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/distutils/cmd.py", line 326, in run_command
    self.distribution.run_command(command)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/distutils/dist.py", line 972, in run_command
    cmd_obj.run()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/setuptools/command/install_lib.py", line 20, in run
    self.build()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/distutils/command/install_lib.py", line 111, in build
    self.run_command('build_ext')
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/distutils/cmd.py", line 326, in run_command
    self.distribution.run_command(command)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/distutils/dist.py", line 972, in run_command
    cmd_obj.run()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/distutils/command/build_ext.py", line 339, in run
    self.build_extensions()
  File "setup.py", line 512, in build_extensions

ValueError: jpeg is required unless explicitly disabled using --disable-jpeg, aborting

Shammer

have you tried using the --disable-jpeg flag? – Semela

related post: #34632306 – Helvellyn

Answer 1

You may need some additional libraries to use Pillow. For Ubuntu 12.04 you can try the solution from this question

sudo apt-get install libtiff4-dev libjpeg8-dev zlib1g-dev libfreetype6-dev liblcms2-dev libwebp-dev tcl8.5-dev tk8.5-dev python-tk

This previous solution suggests just trying to install libjpeg8-dev first.

Habanera

After that I get a new error, Exception in thread Thread-2: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python2.7/threading.py", line 551, in bootstrap_inner self.run() File "/usr/lib/python2.7/threading.py", line 504, in run self.__target(*self.__args, **self.__kwargs) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/multiprocessing/pool.py", line 319, in _handle_tasks put(task) PicklingError: Can't pickle <type 'function'>: attribute lookup __builtin.function failed – Shammer

I try to do it again and now I get a different error: Installed /home/reddit/reddit/r2 Processing dependencies for r2==0.0.0dev Searching for l2cs>=2.0.2 Reading pypi.python.org/simple/l2cs No local packages or download links found for l2cs>=2.0.2 error: Could not find suitable distribution for Requirement.parse('l2cs>=2.0.2') – Shammer

l2cs looks like a deprecated library. You can try to manually install it from github.com/kemitche/l2cs but it looks like it's been removed from pypi – Habanera

how I can install this module ? – Shammer

"Run setup.py install to install the module" is the all instruction for this module and I don't know how to install it. I know to install stuff just using "apt-get". Some help very welcomed. – Shammer

Download the zip from github, extract it, navigate into the folder and run python install setup.py. You may need to install the python module ez_setup using pip as well. Please mark this question as answered and open a separate one for further questions because this is quite off track. – Habanera

Just used in Ubuntu 18.04 to solve the same error. Had to replace libtiff4-dev with libtiff5-dev, but it worked. – Inly