Installing Image Processor for i

  1. Unzip the downloaded file to C:\temp (or the directory of your choice).
  2. Create the *SAVF to upload to on your IBM i: CRTSAVF FILE(QGPL/IPI) AUT(*ALL)
  3. FTP the file IPI.SAVF from your PC to the IBM i. Open a command prompt (Start → Run → type 'cmd' and preess Enter). Type the following into the command prompt, replacing the IP address with that of your IBM i. When prompted, enter your IBM i username and password.
  4. ftp 123.456.789.123
  5. binary
  6. lcd c:\temp
  7. quote site namefmt 0
  8. cd QGPL
  9. put ipi.savf ipi.savf
  10. quit
  11. Issue the following IBM i commands:
  12. RSTLIB SAVLIB(IPI) DEV(*SAVF) SAVF(QGPL/IPI) RSTLIB(IPI)
  13. RST DEV('/QSYS.LIB/IPI.LIB/IFS.FILE') OBJ(('/kato/ipi' *INCLUDE '/kato/ipi')) CRTPRNDIR(*YES) PRNDIROWN(QSYS) ALWOBJDIF(*ALL)
  14. ADDLIBLE IPI
  15. CALL QP2TERM
  16. In the PASE shell, issue the following commands. Note that these may take multiple minutes to execute, and that you may see messages which look like errors. You can safely ignore all messages.
  17. export PATH=/QOpenSys/pkgs/bin:$PATH
  18. yum install python3 python3-devel python3-pip python3-setuptools -y
  19. yum install python39 python39-devel python39-wheel -y
  20. yum install libjpeg-turbo-devel zlib-devel libtiff-devel libwebp-devel freetype-devel -y
  21. cd /kato/ipi
  22. python3.9 -m venv env
  23. . env/bin/activate
  24. pip install Pillow-8.4.0-cp39-cp39-os400_powerpc64.whl
  25. pip list --local

After completing the last step you should receive output similar to the following:

Package Version ---------- ------- Pillow 8.4.0 pip 23.0.1 setuptools 58.1.0

If you receive output that looks similar, execute the next command, and then press F3 to exit PASE:

  1. deactivate
  2. Registration - Apply your provided temporary or permanent license key using the below command: APYLIC LICKEY(<<insert key that was emailed to you>>) PRODUCT(IPI)
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