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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright 2014, 2015 OpenMarket Ltd
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+import PIL.Image
+
+# check for JPEG support.
+try:
+    PIL.Image._getdecoder("rgb", "jpeg", None)
+except IOError as e:
+    if str(e).startswith("decoder jpeg not available"):
+        raise Exception(
+            "FATAL: jpeg codec not supported. Install pillow correctly! "
+            " 'sudo apt-get install libjpeg-dev' then 'pip uninstall pillow &&"
+            " pip install pillow --user'"
+        )
+except Exception:
+    # any other exception is fine
+    pass
+
+
+# check for PNG support.
+try:
+    PIL.Image._getdecoder("rgb", "zip", None)
+except IOError as e:
+    if str(e).startswith("decoder zip not available"):
+        raise Exception(
+            "FATAL: zip codec not supported. Install pillow correctly! "
+            " 'sudo apt-get install libjpeg-dev' then 'pip uninstall pillow &&"
+            " pip install pillow --user'"
+        )
+except Exception:
+    # any other exception is fine
+    pass