PINAX & PIL Installation on Windows 7

I have Python 2.7 on Windows 7 x64. I have installed virtualenv and installed Pinax withing the project in virtualenv. When I try to syncdb I recieve an error stating PIL is needed. I tried installing PIL 1.1.7 for 2.7, but it did not install correctly. When I ran syncdb I get the following error.

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As I understand it is because this is a x32. So I downloaded the unoffical x64 version from http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#pil and tried to install. Windows installer states that it can not locate python so it can not install PIL. I checked the registry and python is there.

Any thoughts because I am lost?

It's been awhile since I worked on Windows, but I believe you might need to install a 64-bit version of Python. I could be wrong, but I wouldn't think that 32-bit Python would be able to run 64-bit libraries. I think the error message you are seeing is that the 64-bit PIL is looking for 64-bit Python and can't find it.

You can install 32 bit PIL on Win7x64 as long as you are running 32 bit Python.