Build GUI Apps with Python and GTK

Source

Get Started

Windows

0. Go to http://www.msys2.org and download the x86_64 installer
1. Run C:\msys64\mingw64.exe - a terminal window should pop up
2. > pacman -Suy
3. > pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-gtk3 mingw-w64-x86_64-python3 mingw-w64-x86_64-python3-gobject mingw-w64-x86_64-glade
4. > python -m venv .venv
5. > source .venv/bin/activate
6. > pip install pygobject pandas matplotlib

macOS

0. Go to https://brew.sh and install homebrew
1. Open a terminal
2. > brew install python pygobject3 gtk+3 glade
3. > python -m venv .venv
4. > source .venv/bin/activate
5. > pip install pygobject pandas matplotlib

Linux

0. Open a terminal
1. > sudo apt install python3-gi python3-gi-cairo gir1.2-gtk-3.0 glade
2. > python -m venv .venv
3. > source .venv/bin/activate
4. > pip install pygobject pandas matplotlib

Further Resources

• PyGObject Getting Started: https://pygobject.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
• PyGObject Tutorials: https://python-gtk-3-tutorial.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
• Python GI API Reference: https://lazka.github.io/pgi-docs