安装PIL模块失败及执行from PIL import Image导入时出现版本匹配错误的技术求助

Hey, I’ve run into this exact issue before! The problem here is super straightforward: PIL has been discontinued for years—it’s no longer available on PyPI, which is why you’re getting that "no matching distribution" error.

Instead, everyone uses Pillow now, which is a maintained fork of PIL that’s fully compatible with the old PIL code. Here’s how to fix this:

• First, if you have any leftover (broken) PIL installation, uninstall it with:

  pip uninstall PIL
  

  (You might get a message saying it’s not installed—don’t worry, that’s totally fine.)

• Next, install Pillow using the correct package name (note it’s lowercase):

  pip install pillow
  

  If you’re using Python 3 and have both Python 2 and 3 installed, use pip3 instead to make sure it installs to the right environment.

• Finally, keep using your original import line:

  from PIL import Image
  

  Pillow keeps the PIL namespace for compatibility, so your existing code won’t need any changes.

If you run into permissions issues (like "access denied"), try adding --user to the install command to install it for your user account only:

pip install pillow --user

内容的提问来源于stack exchange，提问作者Tal Folkman