From 6fb3c429bf357e3b80d4ba01e79b41d0fe3c0d45 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andrew Murray Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2023 18:35:58 +1100 Subject: [PATCH] tcl/tk is no longer a build dependency --- docs/installation.rst | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/installation.rst b/docs/installation.rst index 87304f2e4aa..22d45b45f6f 100644 --- a/docs/installation.rst +++ b/docs/installation.rst @@ -176,8 +176,6 @@ Many of Pillow's features require external libraries: transparent WebP files. Versions **0.3.0** and above support transparency. -* **tcl/tk** provides support for tkinter bitmap and photo images. - * **openjpeg** provides JPEG 2000 functionality. * Pillow has been tested with openjpeg **2.0.0**, **2.1.0**, **2.3.1**, @@ -212,6 +210,10 @@ Many of Pillow's features require external libraries: * **libxcb** provides X11 screengrab support. +* Before Pillow 3.3.0, **tcl/tk** was required to support tkinter bitmap and photo + images. Now, Pillow contains small tk/tcl header excerpts, and loads Python's + tkinter at runtime if it is installed. + .. tab:: Linux If you didn't build Python from source, make sure you have Python's