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mdicrist
mdicrist

Reputation: 175

Installing gtk3 + glade on Windows 10

I am new to python and I have been trying to install gtk3 to use with glade to build a GUI with Python 2.7. I have successfully installed Glade, however I am having some major issues finding and running gtk3 for windows. I have visited the gtk website and have followed their instructions with the MSYS2 installer, but when I try to conda install with the anaconda prompt or import gtk, I get errors saying that there is no module named gtk. I have also downloaded the win64 zip of gtk3 from tarnyko and have tried to put the unzipped file into Lib>site-packages ad then try to conda install and import, but still no luck. I'm running on a 64 bit Windows 10 OS.

Does anyone knows how to properly get everything installed and running?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 8564

Answers (1)

liberforce
liberforce

Reputation: 11454

Please avoid the tarnyko releases, as they are out-of-date and unmaintained now (3.6 while the last GTK+ version as I'm writing this is 3.22). The preferred way to install GTK on Windows is through MSYS2, as stated on the GTK+ download page for Windows. I rewrote that page a few weeks ago, and I'll do my best to fix things there if needed.

Now please explain this:

when I try to conda install with the anaconda prompt or import gtk, I get errors saying that there is no module named gtk

What do you mean by conda install? You should only use the pacman package manager provided by MSYS2 to setup your environment. Did you follow all the instructions on http://www.msys2.org ? Did you install using pacman the gtk3 library? Did you install the python bindings as stated in Step 4 (optional): Install the Python bindings ?

I got a running system by just exactly following step by step the instructions I have put on the GTK website. So please make sure you read and follow every step, and copy-paste error messages here when they happen.

Upvotes: 4

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