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Jamie Hutber
Asked: 2020-04-26 07:22:35 +0800 CST

AttributeError: module 'PIL.Image' has no attribute 'VERSION' python2 pip

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When trying to run cinnamon-settings python2 I see the following error:

hutber@hutber:~$ cinnamon-settings python2
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/cinnamon/cinnamon-settings/cinnamon-settings.py", line 619, in <module>
    window = MainWindow()
  File "/usr/share/cinnamon/cinnamon-settings/cinnamon-settings.py", line 247, in __init__
    for module in modules:
  File "/usr/share/cinnamon/cinnamon-settings/modules/cs_backgrounds.py", line 5, in <module>
    import imtools
  File "/usr/share/cinnamon/cinnamon-settings/bin/imtools.py", line 623, in <module>
    if Image.VERSION == '1.1.7':
AttributeError: module 'PIL.Image' has no attribute 'VERSION'

I saw this error after installing pip3 install streamdeck_ui --user install

python cinnamon pip

2 Answers

  1. This is a known versioning issue between cinnamon and pillow >= 6.0.0. You can find more info here. As a previous commenter said, you can find the error in /usr/share/cinnamon/cinnamon-settings/bin/imtools.py. However, changing Image.VERSION to PIL.VERSION will not fix the issue for pillow >= 7.0.0. You must instead change the line to if Image.__version__ == '1.1.7':.

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  2. If you are comfortable with python. You can modify /usr/share/cinnamon/cinnamon-settings/bin/imtools.py.

    1. Make a backup of the file. i.e
    sudo cp /usr/share/cinnamon/cinnamon-settings/bin/imtools.py /usr/share/cinnamon/cinnamon-settings/bin/imtools.py.bk
    1. Open /usr/share/cinnamon/cinnamon-settings/bin/imtools.py with nano
    sudo nano /usr/share/cinnamon/cinnamon-settings/bin/imtools.py
    1. Delete line 623 to 636. And shift lines 637 to 645 4 spaces to the left.

    Before:

    if Image.VERSION == '1.1.7':

    def split(image):
        """Work around for bug in Pil 1.1.7

        :param image: input image
        :type image: PIL image object
        :returns: the different color bands of the image (eg R, G, B)
        :rtype: tuple
        """
        image.load()
        return image.split()
else:

    def split(image):
        """Work around for bug in Pil 1.1.7

        :param image: input image
        :type image: PIL image object
        :returns: the different color bands of the image (eg R, G, B)
        :rtype: tuple
        """
        return image.split()

    After:

    def split(image):
    """Work around for bug in Pil 1.1.7

    :param image: input image
    :type image: PIL image object
    :returns: the different color bands of the image (eg R, G, B)
    :rtype: tuple
    """
    return image.split()

    A check for version Image.VERSION 1.1.7 is not needed if you are using current version of PIL.

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