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Trying to install PIL "pip install PIL" and got this error.
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building '_imagingft' extension
gcc -pthread -fno-strict-aliasing -march=x86-64 -mtune=generic -O2 -pipe -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -DNDEBUG -march=x86-64 -mtune=generic -O2 -pipe -fstack-protecto
r --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -fPIC -I/usr/include/freetype2 -IlibImaging -I/home/cafeerp/instances/cafeerp_ocb7/include -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/include -I/usr/include/python2.7 -
c _imagingft.c -o build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.7/_imagingft.o
_imagingft.c:73:31: fatal error: freetype/fterrors.h: No such file or directory
#include <freetype/fterrors.h>
^
compilation terminated.
@ricgu8086
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The directory structure have changed a bit in Ubuntu 16.04, but this workaround fixed the problem:

ln -s /usr/include/freetype2/freetype /usr/include/freetype

@koalabella
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@ricgu8086 Thanks! Worked perfectly.

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