# Issue installing gtk2 on windows **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby-Gnome 2\ **Created:** [February 14, 2013, 9:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/issue-installing-gtk2-on-windows/229816 "2013-02-14T21:00:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![raubarede](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/d07c76/32.png) [@raubarede](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/raubarede)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2013, 9:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/issue-installing-gtk2-on-windows/229816/1 "2013-02-14T21:00:11Z")
Hello, Since the last version of gtk (gtk2 1.2.1 nd gtk3), we have a lot of trouble for installing/running gtk application under windows. Here a exemple, forcing gtk installation whith version 1.1.9: > gem install gtk2 -v 1.1.9 > gem install gtksourceview2 -v 1.1.3 C:\Ruby193\lib\ruby\gems\1.9.1\gems\>ls -1 Installing RDoc documentation for gtksourceview2-1.1.3-x86-mingw32… C:\Ruby193\lib\ruby\gems\1.9.1\gems\>ls -1 Ruiby-0.54.0 ang-9.13.0 atk-1.2.1-x86-mingw32 cairo-1.12.3-x86-mingw32 gdk\_pixbuf2-1.2.1-x86-mingw32 glib2-1.2.1-x86-mingw32 gosu-0.7.45-x86-mingw32 gtk2-1.1.9-x86-mingw32 gtksourceview2-1.1.3-x86-mingw32 pango-1.2.1-x86-mingw32 pkg-config-1.1.4 rake-0.9.2.2 rdoc-3.9.5 It-s seem that gtk2 old version is dependant on new version of sub-library : glib2 1.2.1 … As gtk3 is no compatible with gtk2 api, and gtk2 1.2.1 seem unstable (many scrach), we do not know how to install stable windows version of gtk2… Stack dump : C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/Ruiby-0.54.0/lib/ruiby.rb:94: [BUG] Segmentation fault ruby 1.9.3p385 (2013-02-06) [i386-mingw32] ## – Control frame information c:0005 p:---- s:0013 b:0013 l:000012 d:000012 CFUNC :main c:0004 p:0147 s:0010 b:0010 l:001b90 d:001b90 METHOD C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/Ruiby-0.54 c:0003 p:0061 s:0006 b:0006 l:000024 d:00259c EVAL table.rb:59 c:0002 p:---- s:0004 b:0004 l:000003 d:000003 FINISH c:0001 p:0000 s:0002 b:0002 l:000024 d:000024 TOP ## – Ruby level backtrace information table.rb:59:in `
' C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/Ruiby-0.54.0/lib/ruiby.rb:94:in`start’ C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/Ruiby-0.54.0/lib/ruiby.rb:94:in `main’ ## – C level backtrace information C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ntdll.dll(ZwWaitForSingleObject+0x15) [0x7775f8b1] C:\Windows\syswow64\kernel32.dll(WaitForSingleObjectEx+0x43) [0x756c1194] C:\Windows\syswow64\kernel32.dll(WaitForSingleObject+0x12) [0x756c1148] C:\Ruby193\bin\msvcrt-ruby191.dll(rb\_vm\_bugreport+0xf9) [0x62e5c69d] C:\Ruby193\bin\msvcrt-ruby191.dll(rb\_name\_err\_mesg\_new+0x17a) [0x62d3a856] C:\Ruby193\bin\msvcrt-ruby191.dll(rb\_bug+0x2f) [0x62d3b533] C:\Ruby193\bin\msvcrt-ruby191.dll(rb\_check\_safe\_str+0x1a4) [0x62dee738] [0x004011e6] C:\Windows\syswow64\kernel32.dll(GetProfileStringW+0x12aa3) [0x7570003f] C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ntdll.dll(RtlKnownExceptionFilter+0xb7) [0x777b74df] ## – Other runtime information - Loaded script: table.rb - Loaded features: ---
**Author:** ![raubarede](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/d07c76/32.png) [@raubarede](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/raubarede)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 8:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/issue-installing-gtk2-on-windows/229816/2 "2013-02-15T20:18:07Z")
This works : (ruiby is there for testing) call gem uninstall glib2 -qI call gem uninstall atk -qI call gem uninstall gdk\_pixbuf2 -qI call gem uninstall cairo -qI call gem uninstall pango -qI call gem uninstall gtk2 -qI call gem uninstall gtksourceview2 -qI call gem uninstall Ruiby -qI call gem install glib2 -v 1.2.0 --no-ri --no-rdoc call gem install atk -v 1.2.0 --no-ri --no-rdoc call gem install gdk\_pixbuf2 -v 1.2.0 --no-ri --no-rdoc call gem install cairo -v 1.10.2 --no-ri --no-rdoc call gem install pango -v 1.2.0 --no-ri --no-rdoc echo Install gtk2… call gem install gtk2 -v 1.1.5 --no-ri --no-rdoc echo Install SousrceView3… call gem install gtksourceview2 -v 1.1.5 --no-ri --no-rdoc echo Install Ruiby… call gem install Ruiby -v 0.55.0 --no-ri --no-rdoc ruiby\_demo So, I am a poor lomesome windows cowboy…