Mintinstall not running linux mint debian

[Al]

When run the splash screen is displayed but never launches the window. command line output is linux mint bug report
/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintInstall/mintinstall.py:250: SyntaxWarning: import * only allowed at module level
  def get_status_description(self, transaction):
/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintInstall/mintinstall.py:258: SyntaxWarning: import * only allowed at module level
  def get_role_description(self, transaction):
add_categories took 2.127 ms
build_matched_packages took 0.306 ms
6279
add_packages took 2540.202 ms
add_reviews took 546.683 ms
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintInstall/mintinstall.py", line 1540, in <module>
    Application()
  File "/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintInstall/mintinstall.py", line 38, in wrapper
    res = func(*arg)
  File "/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintInstall/mintinstall.py", line 473, in __init__
    sans26 = ImageFont.truetype ( self.FONT, 26 )
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/PIL/ImageFont.py", line 218, in truetype
    return FreeTypeFont(filename, size, index, encoding)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/PIL/ImageFont.py", line 134, in __init__
    self.font = core.getfont(file, size, index, encoding)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/PIL/ImageFont.py", line 34, in __getattr__
    raise ImportError("The _imagingft C module is not installed")
ImportError: The _imagingft C module is not installed

[Pablo Acqua (acquanero)]

I had the same problem. I solved it by followig the advice from scorpiontahir02 in this thread:

https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=211785