object.Exception@gtkc\Loader.d(123): Library load failed: libgdk-3-0.dll

[zoujiaqing]

object.Exception@gtkc\Loader.d(123): Library load failed: libgdk-3-0.dll

DMD 2.0.61
GtkD master
Gtk Runtime 3.6.1

[zoujiaqing]

GTK_BASEPATH is GTK 2.x, Because of Gtk 2.x used for MonoDevelop ...
Please, Can not rely on GTK_BASEPATH?
Like QT that, as long as can find DLL file can run.
My Glade 3.14.2 can run. :)
Can you fix it? thank you!

[zoujiaqing]

I set GTK_BASEPATH to GTK 3.6.1, error is:
object.Exception@gtkc\Loader.d(123): Library load failed: libgmodule-2.0-0.dll

[zoujiaqing]

Unable to locate Program input point g_private_get in dynamic link library C:\Program Files (x86)\Gtk-Runtime\bin\libgmodule-2.0-0.dll?

[zoujiaqing]

I found that GTKD compatibility is very poor... God..

[MikeWey]

You should be able to remove the GTK_BASEPATH environment variable completely. It's a leftover from old Gtk+ installers that used it instead of the PATH, and for gtkD it currently overrides searching the PATH for the libs.

As for installing both Gtk+ 2.x and 3.x on the same windows machine will take some doing, due to the good old dll hell.

Some libraries are installed for both Gtk 3 and Gtk 2 but there versions differ, and because Windows doesn't try to load a library when a version is already in memory problems will arise when the old version is loaded first.
To get things to work correctly only the newest version of the libraries shared by both Gtk 2 and Gtk 3 should be installed, but i don't know how forward compatible the applications are with the newer versions.

[zoujiaqing]

You should ignore GTK_BASEPATH configuration, or when cannot find DLL file to use GTK_BASEPATH loading.

[MikeWey]

So, only try the GTK_BASEPATH when loading from the PATH fails.
That would solve some of the issues with an incorrect GTK_BASEPATH still hanging around from a previous install.

But installing more than one copy of Gtk+ on Windows has always been a problem, i might be able to create an installer that would install both Gtk2 and Gtk3 without causing issues with the wrong dll being loaded.

So is the Gtk2 version that comes with Monodevelop installed separately?

[MikeWey]

Removed the GTK_BASEPATH detection completly in commit 5dfadb3 not having the Gtk+ runtime in your path will cause problems witj Gtk+ itself.