Ticket #278 (closed defect: fixed)

Opened 6 years ago

Last modified 3 years ago

Gobby will not install on Windows XP

Reported by: kwong@… Owned by: armin
Priority: normal Milestone:
Component: Gobby Version:
Severity: normal Keywords:
Cc: Launchpad Bug:

Description

I have an existing installation of GTK 2 on my machine. I downloaded and installed the GTKmm package. Both are in the default location (C:\Program Files\Common Files\GTK\2.0). When I attempt to launch the Gobby installer it gives me an error message about not being able to find either package.

Change History

Changed 6 years ago by armin

Are you sure they are in your PATH? Do other GTK+ programs run (and use those the files from that location, instead of their own?)

Changed 6 years ago by anonymous

They are not in my PATH. If they needed to be in my PATH, however, it seems their respective installers would have added them. I do have the following environment variable set: GTKMM_BASEPATH (added by the installer). I also have Pidgin installed (formerly Gaim) which uses GTK. This is the reason I have an existing installation of GTK. This application works fine. It may be getting the path from the registry (see HKLM/Software/GTK/2.0/DllPath).

Adding the GTK bin directory to the PATH does allow the installer to run. You may want to add this to the installation instructions as a temporary workaround for the issue.

Changed 6 years ago by anonymous

I had this error. I added C:\Program Files\Common Files\GTK\2.0 to my PATH and the installation proceeded correctly. The GTK installer set up C:\Program Files\Common Files\GTK\2.0\bin in my PATH, but evidently the non-\bin\ version was needed.

Changed 6 years ago by armin

That's strange. Normally, the installer installs all the DLLs in the bin/ subdirectory, and that's why it adds that directory to the PATH. I cannot say what went wrong in your case, though.

Changed 6 years ago by Kathy

Same here, I even used the Gtkmm installer which the Gobby site links to to install GTK in the standart C:\GTK folder. Gobby won't install with the settings the installer made. GTK_BASEPATH and GTKMM_BASEPATH are both set to C:\GTK

Changed 5 years ago by anonymous

Is there a resolution for this, or a work around? What is the gobby installer looking for that makes it think GTK+ and GTKMM are not installed?

Changed 5 years ago by phil

On all my machines a reboot after the gtk/gtkmm installation solved the problem and the installer was able to find the libraries. A relogin might also be sufficient. I don't know the cause, though.

Changed 5 years ago by sc

I have the same problem and a reboot does not help, sorry.

Changed 5 years ago by armin

  • status changed from new to closed
  • resolution set to fixed

The 0.4.7 installer now includes GTK+ and gtkmm, so I think this is fixed now. Please reopen if not.

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