I solved it. I had missed the link in the FAQ to the installers at <http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/gtk-win/> and had tried to install it the hard way and was probably missing some dependencies. It's sorted now - thanks to those who made suggestions offlist. Gary
----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Ruben" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 01:59:28 -0500 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [pygtk] Win32 install problem - import gtk fails > Hi, > I'm having problems after installing PyGTK for Win32 from Cedric Gustin's binaries. > I'm running Python 2.3 under Windows 98. > I've downloaded and run pygtk-2.0.0.win32-py2.3.exe > It creates a gtk-2.0 directory under site-packages and gtk under that. > ie: > ...Python23\Lib\site-packages\gtk-2.0 > ...Python23\Lib\site-packages\gtk-2.0\gtk > > When I try > >>> import gtk > it fails and I get a traceback > > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "<pyshell#0>", line 1, in -toplevel- > import gtk > File "C:\APPS\PYTHON23\Lib\site-packages\gtk-2.0\gtk\__init__.py", line 39, in > -toplevel- > import gobject as _gobject > ImportError: DLL load failed: One of the library files needed to run this > application cannot be found. > > > This may be a problem which is addressed in the FAQ due to some other dll being > picked up in my path, but if so, I have no idea of what dll load is failing or how > to track it down. > Trying to import gobject directly fails too > >>> import gobject > > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "<pyshell#0>", line 1, in -toplevel- > import gobject > ImportError: DLL load failed: One of the library files needed to run this > application cannot be found. > > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > Gary > -- > __________________________________________________________ > Sign-up for your own personalized E-mail at Mail.com > http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup > > CareerBuilder.com has over 400,000 jobs. Be smarter about your job search > http://corp.mail.com/careers > > _______________________________________________ > pygtk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.daa.com.au/mailman/listinfo/pygtk > Read the PyGTK FAQ: http://www.async.com.br/faq/pygtk/ -- __________________________________________________________ Sign-up for your own personalized E-mail at Mail.com http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup CareerBuilder.com has over 400,000 jobs. Be smarter about your job search http://corp.mail.com/careers _______________________________________________ pygtk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.daa.com.au/mailman/listinfo/pygtk Read the PyGTK FAQ: http://www.async.com.br/faq/pygtk/
