Installing python pillow for Namecheap shared hosting project (Django / Flask)

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Initial Step: Select and zip compress pillow related files locally.

Step1: Upload Zipped pillow files to Namecheap shared hosting file manager.

Step 2: Extract zipped pillow files into Namecheap hosted target projects site-packages inside the virtual. environment.

/home/shared-hosting-name/virtualenv/name-of-current-app/python-version/lib/python3.version/site-packages.

e.g:

/home/jane-doe-hosting/virtualenv/jane-doe-website/3.8/lib/python3.8/site-packages.

Run verification commands

python3 manage.py makemigrations.

python3 manage.py migrate.

Respectively. There should be no errors or warnings regarding Pillow. Kudos :)

Hello, what are the pillow files, can you name the ones we should zip

Hi, this was for Python 3.8 and issues experienced with Namcheap hosting 2 years ago, I don't know if it still works.

Perhaps Namcheap might have changed their requirements that was the actual cause of the problem...was regarding gcc and other system compilers.

Having noted that, it is all pillow files that has to be zipped, that is any directory with such name ``pillow*`.

pillow pillow-other-stuffs.

You as well have to use a local machine marching the one used by your hosting, name cheap defaults to Linux. So do the local installation on a Linux machine (any).

Sorry the accompanied images aren't available anymore.

Thank you