title: Installing PIL (Python Imaging Library) in Win7 64 bits, Python 2.6.4
body: <p>I'm trying to install said library for use with Python. I tried downloading the executable installer for Windows, which runs, but says it doesn't find a Python installation. Then tried registering (<a href="http://effbot.org/zone/python-register.htm" rel="noreferrer">http://effbot.org/zone/python-register.htm</a>) Python, but the script says it can't register (although the keys appear in my register).</p>
  
  <p>Then I tried downloading the source package: I run the setup.py build and it works, but when I run setup.py install it says the following:</p>
  
  <pre><code>running install
  running build
  running build_py
  running build_ext
  building '_imaging' extension
  error: Unable to find vcvarsall.bat
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>What can I do?</p>
  
  <p><strong>UPDATE (May 2014):</strong> Like said by some comments and answers, PIL is currently unmantained, and the way to go now is to use Pillow (<a href="https://pypi.python.org/pypi/Pillow/" rel="noreferrer">https://pypi.python.org/pypi/Pillow/</a>, <code>pip install pillow</code>).</p>