ImportError cannot import name PILLOW VERSION from PIL unknown location

Question

I tried to import one image using PIL library, but I got this error while importing Image.

from PIL import Image
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<ipython-input-13-b7f01c2f8cfe>", line 1, in <module>
    from PIL import Image
  File "/lib/python3.7/site-packages/PIL/Image.py", line 40, in <module>
    from . import PILLOW_VERSION, ImageMode, TiffTags, __version__, _plugins
ImportError: cannot import name 'PILLOW_VERSION' from 'PIL' (unknown location)

How can I solve this?

Answer 1

Hi@akhtar,

I think there is a problem in the version. So, try to reinstall your PILLOW module.

$ pip install pillow

If you get the same error, then follow the below steps.

import sys
print(sys.path)
sys.path.append('/lib/python3.7/site-packages')
from PIL import Image