[Bug 1837196] Re: Unable to start cinnamon-settings because of "AttributeError: module 'PIL.Image' has no attribute 'VERSION'"

[Norbert]

** Changed in: cinnamon (Ubuntu)
       Status: Triaged => Fix Released

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Title:
  Unable to start cinnamon-settings because of "AttributeError: module
  'PIL.Image' has no attribute 'VERSION'"

Status in cinnamon package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in pillow package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in cinnamon package in Debian:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Steps to reproduce:
  1. Install Ubuntu 19.10
  2. Install Cinnamon with `sudo apt-get install cinnamon*`
  3. Try to launch `cinnamon-settings`

  Expected results:
  * Cinnamon Settings started

  Actual results:
  * Cinnamon Settings does not start, below is the console output for it:

  
  $ cinnamon-settings
  /usr/share/cinnamon/cinnamon-settings/cinnamon-settings.py:220: DeprecationWarning: Gtk.Widget.set_margin_right is deprecated
    self.stack_switcher.set_margin_right(n)
  /usr/share/cinnamon/cinnamon-settings/cinnamon-settings.py:233: DeprecationWarning: Gtk.Window.set_has_resize_grip is deprecated
    self.window.set_has_resize_grip(False)
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "/usr/share/cinnamon/cinnamon-settings/cinnamon-settings.py", line 608, in <module>
      window = MainWindow()
    File "/usr/share/cinnamon/cinnamon-settings/cinnamon-settings.py", line 244, in __init__
      for module in modules:
    File "/usr/share/cinnamon/cinnamon-settings/modules/cs_backgrounds.py", line 5, in <module>
      import imtools
    File "/usr/share/cinnamon/cinnamon-settings/bin/imtools.py", line 623, in <module>
      if Image.VERSION == '1.1.7':
  AttributeError: module 'PIL.Image' has no attribute 'VERSION'

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.10
  Package: cinnamon 3.8.8-1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.2.0-8.9-generic 5.2.0
  Uname: Linux 5.2.0-8-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu5
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: X-Cinnamon
  Date: Fri Jul 19 11:52:04 2019
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm-256color
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: cinnamon
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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