[Python] Error Failed building wheel for pillow while installing on Windows

I'm trying to install Pillow on python 3.10 using command pip install Pillow and it occurs ERROR: Failed building wheel for Pillow below:

(venv) PS C:\Users\Mohamad\PycharmProjects\faracode_project> pip install Pillow
Collecting Pillow
Using cached Pillow-10.0.1.tar.gz (50.5 MB)
Installing build dependencies ... done
Getting requirements to build wheel ... done
Preparing metadata (pyproject.toml) ... done
Building wheels for collected packages: Pillow
Building wheel for Pillow (pyproject.toml) ... error
error: subprocess-exited-with-error

× Building wheel for Pillow (pyproject.toml) did not run successfully.
│ exit code: 1
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running bdist_wheel
running build
running build_py
creating build
creating build\lib.mingw_x86_64-cpython-310
creating build\lib.mingw_x86_64-cpython-310\PIL
copying src\PIL\BdfFontFile.py -> build\lib.mingw_x86_64-cpython-310\PIL
copying src\PIL\BlpImagePlugin.py -> build\lib.mingw_x86_64-cpython-310\PIL
copying src\PIL\BmpImagePlugin.py -> build\lib.mingw_x86_64-cpython-310\PIL
copying src\PIL\BufrStubImagePlugin.py -> build\lib.mingw_x86_64-cpython-310\PIL
copying src\PIL\ContainerIO.py -> build\lib.mingw_x86_64-cpython-310\PIL
copying src\PIL\CurImagePlugin.py -> build\lib.mingw_x86_64-cpython-310\PIL
copying src\PIL\DcxImagePlugin.py -> build\lib.mingw_x86_64-cpython-310\PIL
copying src\PIL\DdsImagePlugin.py -> build\lib.mingw_x86_64-cpython-310\PIL
copying src\PIL\EpsImagePlugin.py -> build\lib.mingw_x86_64-cpython-310\PIL
copying src\PIL\ExifTags.py -> build\lib.mingw_x86_64-cpython-310\PIL
copying src\PIL\features.py -> build\lib.mingw_x86_64-cpython-310\PIL
copying src\PIL\FitsImagePlugin.py -> build\lib.mingw_x86_64-cpython-310\PIL
copying src\PIL\FliImagePlugin.py -> build\lib.mingw_x86_64-cpython-310\PIL
copying src\PIL\FontFile.py -> build\lib.mingw_x86_64-cpython-310\PIL
copying src\PIL\FpxImagePlugin.py -> build\lib.mingw_x86_64-cpython-310\PIL
copying src\PIL\FtexImagePlugin.py -> build\lib.mingw_x86_64-cpython-310\PIL
copying src\PIL\GbrImagePlugin.py -> build\lib.mingw_x86_64-cpython-310\PIL
copying src\PIL\GdImageFile.py -> build\lib.mingw_x86_64-cpython-310\PIL
copying src\PIL\GifImagePlugin.py -> build\lib.mingw_x86_64-cpython-310\PIL
copying src\PIL\GimpGradientFile.py -> build\lib.mingw_x86_64-cpython-310\PIL
copying src\PIL\GimpPaletteFile.py -> build\lib.mingw_x86_64-cpython-310\PIL
copying src\PIL\GribStubImagePlugin.py -> build\lib.mingw_x86_64-cpython-310\PIL
copying src\PIL\Hdf5StubImagePlugin.py -> build\lib.mingw_x86_64-cpython-310\PIL
copying src\PIL\IcnsImagePlugin.py -> build\lib.mingw_x86_64-cpython-310\PIL
copying src\PIL\IcoImagePlugin.py -> build\lib.mingw_x86_64-cpython-310\PIL
copying src\PIL\Image.py -> build\lib.mingw_x86_64-cpython-310\PIL
copying src\PIL\ImageChops.py -> build\lib.mingw_x86_64-cpython-310\PIL
copying src\PIL\ImageCms.py -> build\lib.mingw_x86_64-cpython-310\PIL
copying src\PIL\ImageColor.py -> build\lib.mingw_x86_64-cpython-310\PIL
copying src\PIL\ImageDraw.py -> build\lib.mingw_x86_64-cpython-310\PIL
copying src\PIL\ImageDraw2.py -> build\lib.mingw_x86_64-cpython-310\PIL
copying src\PIL\ImageEnhance.py -> build\lib.mingw_x86_64-cpython-310\PIL
copying src\PIL\ImageFile.py -> build\lib.mingw_x86_64-cpython-310\PIL
copying src\PIL\ImageFilter.py -> build\lib.mingw_x86_64-cpython-310\PIL
copying src\PIL\ImageFont.py -> build\lib.mingw_x86_64-cpython-310\PIL
copying src\PIL\ImageGrab.py -> build\lib.mingw_x86_64-cpython-310\PIL
copying src\PIL\ImageMath.py -> build\lib.mingw_x86_64-cpython-310\PIL
copying src\PIL\ImageMode.py -> build\lib.mingw_x86_64-cpython-310\PIL
copying src\PIL\ImageMorph.py -> build\lib.mingw_x86_64-cpython-310\PIL
copying src\PIL\ImageOps.py -> build\lib.mingw_x86_64-cpython-310\PIL
copying src\PIL\ImagePalette.py -> build\lib.mingw_x86_64-cpython-310\PIL
copying src\PIL\ImagePath.py -> build\lib.mingw_x86_64-cpython-310\PIL
copying src\PIL\ImageQt.py -> build\lib.mingw_x86_64-cpython-310\PIL
copying src\PIL\ImageSequence.py -> build\lib.mingw_x86_64-cpython-310\PIL
copying src\PIL\ImageShow.py -> build\lib.mingw_x86_64-cpython-310\PIL
copying src\PIL\ImageStat.py -> build\lib.mingw_x86_64-cpython-310\PIL
copying src\PIL\ImageTk.py -> build\lib.mingw_x86_64-cpython-310\PIL
copying src\PIL\ImageTransform.py -> build\lib.mingw_x86_64-cpython-310\PIL
copying src\PIL\ImageWin.py -> build\lib.mingw_x86_64-cpython-310\PIL
copying src\PIL\ImImagePlugin.py -> build\lib.mingw_x86_64-cpython-310\PIL
copying src\PIL\ImtImagePlugin.py -> build\lib.mingw_x86_64-cpython-310\PIL
copying src\PIL\IptcImagePlugin.py -> build\lib.mingw_x86_64-cpython-310\PIL
copying src\PIL\Jpeg2KImagePlugin.py -> build\lib.mingw_x86_64-cpython-310\PIL
copying src\PIL\JpegImagePlugin.py -> build\lib.mingw_x86_64-cpython-310\PIL
copying src\PIL\JpegPresets.py -> build\lib.mingw_x86_64-cpython-310\PIL
copying src\PIL\McIdasImagePlugin.py -> build\lib.mingw_x86_64-cpython-310\PIL
copying src\PIL\MicImagePlugin.py -> build\lib.mingw_x86_64-cpython-310\PIL
copying src\PIL\MpegImagePlugin.py -> build\lib.mingw_x86_64-cpython-310\PIL
copying src\PIL\MpoImagePlugin.py -> build\lib.mingw_x86_64-cpython-310\PIL
copying src\PIL\MspImagePlugin.py -> build\lib.mingw_x86_64-cpython-310\PIL
copying src\PIL\PaletteFile.py -> build\lib.mingw_x86_64-cpython-310\PIL
copying src\PIL\PalmImagePlugin.py -> build\lib.mingw_x86_64-cpython-310\PIL
copying src\PIL\PcdImagePlugin.py -> build\lib.mingw_x86_64-cpython-310\PIL
copying src\PIL\PcfFontFile.py -> build\lib.mingw_x86_64-cpython-310\PIL
copying src\PIL\PcxImagePlugin.py -> build\lib.mingw_x86_64-cpython-310\PIL
copying src\PIL\PdfImagePlugin.py -> build\lib.mingw_x86_64-cpython-310\PIL
copying src\PIL\PdfParser.py -> build\lib.mingw_x86_64-cpython-310\PIL
copying src\PIL\PixarImagePlugin.py -> build\lib.mingw_x86_64-cpython-310\PIL
copying src\PIL\PngImagePlugin.py -> build\lib.mingw_x86_64-cpython-310\PIL
copying src\PIL\PpmImagePlugin.py -> build\lib.mingw_x86_64-cpython-310\PIL
copying src\PIL\PsdImagePlugin.py -> build\lib.mingw_x86_64-cpython-310\PIL
copying src\PIL\PSDraw.py -> build\lib.mingw_x86_64-cpython-310\PIL
copying src\PIL\PyAccess.py -> build\lib.mingw_x86_64-cpython-310\PIL
copying src\PIL\QoiImagePlugin.py -> build\lib.mingw_x86_64-cpython-310\PIL
copying src\PIL\SgiImagePlugin.py -> build\lib.mingw_x86_64-cpython-310\PIL
copying src\PIL\SpiderImagePlugin.py -> build\lib.mingw_x86_64-cpython-310\PIL
copying src\PIL\SunImagePlugin.py -> build\lib.mingw_x86_64-cpython-310\PIL
copying src\PIL\TarIO.py -> build\lib.mingw_x86_64-cpython-310\PIL
copying src\PIL\TgaImagePlugin.py -> build\lib.mingw_x86_64-cpython-310\PIL
copying src\PIL\TiffImagePlugin.py -> build\lib.mingw_x86_64-cpython-310\PIL
copying src\PIL\TiffTags.py -> build\lib.mingw_x86_64-cpython-310\PIL
copying src\PIL\WalImageFile.py -> build\lib.mingw_x86_64-cpython-310\PIL
copying src\PIL\WebPImagePlugin.py -> build\lib.mingw_x86_64-cpython-310\PIL
copying src\PIL\WmfImagePlugin.py -> build\lib.mingw_x86_64-cpython-310\PIL
copying src\PIL\XbmImagePlugin.py -> build\lib.mingw_x86_64-cpython-310\PIL
copying src\PIL\XpmImagePlugin.py -> build\lib.mingw_x86_64-cpython-310\PIL
copying src\PIL\XVThumbImagePlugin.py -> build\lib.mingw_x86_64-cpython-310\PIL
copying src\PIL\_binary.py -> build\lib.mingw_x86_64-cpython-310\PIL
copying src\PIL\_deprecate.py -> build\lib.mingw_x86_64-cpython-310\PIL
copying src\PIL\_tkinter_finder.py -> build\lib.mingw_x86_64-cpython-310\PIL
copying src\PIL\_util.py -> build\lib.mingw_x86_64-cpython-310\PIL
copying src\PIL\_version.py -> build\lib.mingw_x86_64-cpython-310\PIL
copying src\PIL\__init__.py -> build\lib.mingw_x86_64-cpython-310\PIL
copying src\PIL\__main__.py -> build\lib.mingw_x86_64-cpython-310\PIL
running egg_info
writing src\Pillow.egg-info\PKG-INFO
writing dependency_links to src\Pillow.egg-info\dependency_links.txt
writing requirements to src\Pillow.egg-info\requires.txt
writing top-level names to src\Pillow.egg-info\top_level.txt
reading manifest file 'src\Pillow.egg-info\SOURCES.txt'
reading manifest template 'MANIFEST.in'
warning: no files found matching '*.c'
warning: no files found matching '*.h'
warning: no files found matching '*.sh'
warning: no files found matching '*.txt'
warning: no previously-included files found matching '.appveyor.yml'
warning: no previously-included files found matching '.clang-format'
warning: no previously-included files found matching '.coveragerc'
warning: no previously-included files found matching '.editorconfig'
warning: no previously-included files found matching '.readthedocs.yml'
warning: no previously-included files found matching 'codecov.yml'
warning: no previously-included files found matching 'renovate.json'
warning: no previously-included files matching '.git*' found anywhere in distribution
warning: no previously-included files matching '*.so' found anywhere in distribution
no previously-included directories found matching '.ci'
adding license file 'LICENSE'
writing manifest file 'src\Pillow.egg-info\SOURCES.txt'
running build_ext


The headers or library files could not be found for zlib,
a required dependency when compiling Pillow from source.

Please see the install instructions at:
https://pillow.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installation.html

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<string>", line 988, in <module>
File "C:\Users\Mohamad\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-vci27j8a\overlay\lib\python3.10\site-packages\setuptools\__init__.py", line 103, in setup
return distutils.core.setup(**attrs)
File "C:\Users\Mohamad\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-vci27j8a\overlay\lib\python3.10\site-packages\setuptools\_distutils\core.py", line 185, in setup
return run_commands(dist)
File "C:\Users\Mohamad\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-vci27j8a\overlay\lib\python3.10\site-packages\setuptools\_distutils\core.py", line 201, in run_commands
dist.run_commands()
File "C:\Users\Mohamad\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-vci27j8a\overlay\lib\python3.10\site-packages\setuptools\_distutils\dist.py", line 969, in run_commands
self.run_command(cmd)
File "C:\Users\Mohamad\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-vci27j8a\overlay\lib\python3.10\site-packages\setuptools\dist.py", line 989, in run_command
super().run_command(command)
File "C:\Users\Mohamad\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-vci27j8a\overlay\lib\python3.10\site-packages\setuptools\_distutils\dist.py", line 988, in run_command
cmd_obj.run()
File "C:\Users\Mohamad\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-vci27j8a\overlay\lib\python3.10\site-packages\wheel\bdist_wheel.py", line 364, in run
self.run_command("build")
File "C:\Users\Mohamad\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-vci27j8a\overlay\lib\python3.10\site-packages\setuptools\_distutils\cmd.py", line 318, in run_command
self.distribution.run_command(command)
File "C:\Users\Mohamad\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-vci27j8a\overlay\lib\python3.10\site-packages\setuptools\dist.py", line 989, in run_command
super().run_command(command)
File "C:\Users\Mohamad\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-vci27j8a\overlay\lib\python3.10\site-packages\setuptools\_distutils\dist.py", line 988, in run_command
cmd_obj.run()
File "C:\Users\Mohamad\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-vci27j8a\overlay\lib\python3.10\site-packages\setuptools\_distutils\command\build.py", line 131, in run
self.run_command(cmd_name)
File "C:\Users\Mohamad\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-vci27j8a\overlay\lib\python3.10\site-packages\setuptools\_distutils\cmd.py", line 318, in run_command
self.distribution.run_command(command)
File "C:\Users\Mohamad\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-vci27j8a\overlay\lib\python3.10\site-packages\setuptools\dist.py", line 989, in run_command
super().run_command(command)
File "C:\Users\Mohamad\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-vci27j8a\overlay\lib\python3.10\site-packages\setuptools\_distutils\dist.py", line 988, in run_command
cmd_obj.run()
File "C:\Users\Mohamad\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-vci27j8a\overlay\lib\python3.10\site-packages\setuptools\command\build_ext.py", line 88, in run
_build_ext.run(self)
File "C:\Users\Mohamad\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-vci27j8a\overlay\lib\python3.10\site-packages\setuptools\_distutils\command\build_ext.py", line 345, in run
self.build_extensions()
File "<string>", line 811, in build_extensions
__main__.RequiredDependencyException: zlib

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\Mohamad\PycharmProjects\faracode_project\venv\lib\python3.10\site-packages\pip\_vendor\pyproject_hooks\_in_process\_in_process.py", line 353, in <module>
main()
File "C:\Users\Mohamad\PycharmProjects\faracode_project\venv\lib\python3.10\site-packages\pip\_vendor\pyproject_hooks\_in_process\_in_process.py", line 335, in main
json_out['return_val'] = hook(**hook_input['kwargs'])
File "C:\Users\Mohamad\PycharmProjects\faracode_project\venv\lib\python3.10\site-packages\pip\_vendor\pyproject_hooks\_in_process\_in_process.py", line 251, in build_wheel
return _build_backend().build_wheel(wheel_directory, config_settings,
File "C:\Users\Mohamad\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-xk8l2iu8\pillow_9f3d6b155be8444f883eaa9ca76d54dd\_custom_build\backend.py", line 53, in build_wheel
return super().build_wheel(wheel_directory, config_settings, metadata_directory)
File "C:\Users\Mohamad\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-vci27j8a\overlay\lib\python3.10\site-packages\setuptools\build_meta.py", line 434, in build_wheel
return self._build_with_temp_dir(
File "C:\Users\Mohamad\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-vci27j8a\overlay\lib\python3.10\site-packages\setuptools\build_meta.py", line 419, in _build_with_temp_dir
self.run_setup()
File "C:\Users\Mohamad\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-xk8l2iu8\pillow_9f3d6b155be8444f883eaa9ca76d54dd\_custom_build\backend.py", line 47, in run_setup
return super().run_setup(setup_script)
File "C:\Users\Mohamad\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-vci27j8a\overlay\lib\python3.10\site-packages\setuptools\build_meta.py", line 341, in run_setup
exec(code, locals())
File "<string>", line 1005, in <module>
__main__.RequiredDependencyException:

The headers or library files could not be found for zlib,
a required dependency when compiling Pillow from source.

Please see the install instructions at:
https://pillow.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installation.html


[end of output]

note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.
ERROR: Failed building wheel for Pillow
Failed to build Pillow
ERROR: Could not build wheels for Pillow, which is required to install pyproject.toml-based projects


After some searches, I've tried:

python -m pip install --upgrade pip
python -m pip install --upgrade pillow


But it didn't work and everything was just same as before.

Will be much appreciated if somebody help. I really need this to be solved.

Thanks a lot.

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