First, find the PIL egg that your Python installation uses:
>>> import PIL >>> PIL.__path__ ['/usr/local/python/2.7.3/lib/python2.7/site-packages/PIL']
Then find _imaging.so in this directory and use ldd (Linux) or otool -L (OS X) to find out which version of libjpeg it was linked to:
Linux
$ ldd /usr/local/python/2.7.3/lib/python2.7/site-packages/PIL/_imaging.so linux-gate.so.1 => (0x00641000) libjpeg.so.62 => /usr/lib/libjpeg.so.62 (0x00f00000) libz.so.1 => /lib/libz.so.1 (0x006f4000) libpthread.so.0 => /lib/libpthread.so.0 (0x00fad000) libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x0021b000) /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x0067e000)
Mac OS X
$ otool -L /Users/lukas/src/pillow-env/lib/python2.7/site-packages/PIL/_imaging.so /Users/lukas/src/pillow-env/lib/python2.7/site-packages/PIL/_imaging.so: /usr/local/lib/libjpeg.8.dylib (compatibility version 13.0.0, current version 13.0.0) /usr/lib/libz.1.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 1.2.5) /usr/local/lib/libtiff.5.dylib (compatibility version 8.0.0, current version 8.0.0) /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 159.1.0)
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