Import Gtk/glib Produces Importerror: Dll Load Failed

I installed the latest versions of python (2.6.5), gtk+, pygtk (and friends) from their respective websites on Windows XP SP3. When you try to import gtk (or just glib for that mat

Solution 1:

I got a work around this by installing the windows GTK+ runtime as indicated in this link http://www.gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php?title=Windows_installer#Installation

Also see their page dedicated to troubleshooting import errors on windows: http://www.gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php?title=ImportError:_DLL_load_failed

Solution 2:

I managed to solve this myself. Firstly, there can be more than one cause so this may not help everyone.

I went through the PATH system environment variable and removed all paths that pointed to old versions of gtk+ (for example, those that come packaged with applications).

Solution 3:

Same problem, answer was to reinstall pygtk from grampy page. It was problem of pygtk, not system or gtk. (Before this, import pygtk works well)

Solution 4:

I had this same exact problem on Windows 7 64. I tried installing multiple versions of python 2.6, and the all-in-one pygtk that is supposed to give you GTK+ also. This installer didn't seem to do anything. Then I installed the latest versions of GTK+ (from binary), pygtk, pycairo, and gobject (all explained on the pygtk downloads website). When I did this, I got the ImportError: DLL load failed: The specified procedure could not be found. that is given above.

The SOLUTION was to uninstall pygtk, pycairo, gobject and remove the GTK+ bin location from my path variable. Then I went here and did the first 5 steps (in that order) under "Dependencies - The Hard Way". And now it works. Note: I didn't install gramps, just the pygtk part (first 5 steps).

Solution 5:

Some reports indicate that the trick is to import pygtk first. Have you tried that?