title: OSError: decoder jpeg not available on Windows
body: <p>I am developing on a Django project and recently ran into a nasty problem. I installed the Pillow library on my Windows computer and it unexpectedly threw an OSError when trying to display an image in my Django template.</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>OSError: decoder jpeg not available</p>
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  <p>How can I fix this?</p>
  
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  <p>This got downvoted the second I submitted it. So I feel forced to mention the following (I have my pride!):</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>This is a Q&amp;A (self-answered).</li>
  <li>I will go into detail in the answer.</li>
  <li>It's originally a blog post that took <strong>me</strong> several hours to write! It's my contribution, not someone elses I stole.</li>
  <li>Source: <a href="http://blog.danic.net/oserror-decoder-jpeg-not-available/" rel="nofollow">http://blog.danic.net/oserror-decoder-jpeg-not-available/</a></li>
  </ul>