From 16020af2131d310ecc0a0f23188ff767200e7377 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matt Westcott Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2015 22:54:47 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Loudly highlight the fact that libjpeg and zlib are required --- docs/getting_started/index.rst | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/getting_started/index.rst b/docs/getting_started/index.rst index 706d911f1..e14359390 100644 --- a/docs/getting_started/index.rst +++ b/docs/getting_started/index.rst @@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ We'd also recommend Virtualenv, which provides isolated Python environments: * `Virtualenv `_ -Before we install Wagtail we should install Pillow for image manipulation. Before you run ``pip install Pillow`` note that most platforms require you install additional libraries first: `Platform-specific installation instructions `_ +.. important:: + Before installing Wagtail, it is necessary to install the **libjpeg** and **zlib** libraries, which provide support for working with JPEG, PNG and GIF images (via the Python **Pillow** library). The way to do this varies by platform - see Pillow's `platform-specific installation instructions `_. With the above installed, the quickest way to install Wagtail is::