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Meld error “Cannot import: GTK+; DLL load failed" when launching meld.exe as external git difftool

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I'm trying to use Meld as Git Difftool on Windows and was facing following issue: 

Launch 'meld' [Y/n]? Y
Cannot import: GTK+
DLL load failed: Das angegebene Modul wurde nicht gefunden.

The following Python error occured:

cx_Freeze: Python error in main script

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "bin/meld", line 205, in check_requirements
    import gi
  File "C:/msys64/MINGW32/lib/python3.7/site-packages/gi/__init__.py", line 42, in <module>
  File "ExtensionLoader_gi__gi.py", line 23, in <module>
  File "ExtensionLoader_gi__gi.py", line 15, in __bootstrap__
  File "C:/msys64/MINGW32/lib/python3.7/imp.py", line 342, in load_dynamic
ImportError: DLL load failed: The specified module could not be found.

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:/msys64/MINGW32/lib/python3.7/site-packages\cx_Freeze/initscripts/__startup__.py", line 14, in run
  File "C:/msys64/MINGW32/lib/python3.7/site-packages\cx_Freeze/initscripts/Console.py", line 26, in run
  File "bin/meld", line 362, in <module>
    check_requirements()
  File "bin/meld", line 211, in check_requirements
    missing_reqs("GTK+", gtk_requirement, e)
  File "bin/meld", line 194, in missing_reqs
    show_error_and_exit(_("Cannot import: ") + mod + "\n" + str(exc))
  File "bin/meld", line 182, in show_error_and_exit
    raise Exception(error_text)
Exception: Cannot import: GTK+
DLL load failed: The specified module could not be found.

The same issue occures when I was trying to run meld.exe in git bash.

To use meld as difftool I changed the settings in user's gitconfig file: 

[merge]
    tool = meld
[mergetool "meld"]  
    path = C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Meld\\meld.exe
[diff]
    tool = meld

This seems to be correct because git is trying to launch the meld.exe after using the command 'git difftool' in the workspace.

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Julia K. Avatar asked Dec 14 '22 10:12

Julia K.

1 Answers

Following lib-workaround helped to be able to launch the meld.exe as external git difftool:

Meld was expecting the certain dll-file called 'libgirepository-1.0-1.dll' in the wrong directory, the file libgirepository-1.0-1.dll needed to be copied from C:\Program Files (x86)\Meld\lib to the directory above C:\Program Files (x86)\Meld.

The result is that Meld is starting after the command 'git difftool' and after running the meld.exe in git bash, however, the following error occured:

2019-09-18 14:12:24,612 CRITICAL Gtk:
(meld.exe:20432): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: 14:12:24.612: g_content_type_is_a: assertion 'type != NULL' failed
2019-09-18 14:12:24,612 CRITICAL Gtk:
(meld.exe:20432): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: 14:12:24.612: g_content_type_is_a: assertion 'type != NULL' failed
2019-09-18 14:12:24,613 CRITICAL Gtk:
(meld.exe:20432): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: 14:12:24.613: g_content_type_is_a: assertion 'type != NULL' failed
2019-09-18 14:12:24,613 CRITICAL Gtk:
(meld.exe:20432): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: 14:12:24.613: g_content_type_is_a: assertion 'type != NULL' failed
2019-09-18 14:12:24,613 CRITICAL Gtk:
(meld.exe:20432): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: 14:12:24.613: g_content_type_is_a: assertion 'type != NULL' failed
2019-09-18 14:12:24,613 CRITICAL Gtk:
(meld.exe:20432): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: 14:12:24.613: g_content_type_is_a: assertion 'type != NULL' failed
2019-09-18 14:12:24,613 CRITICAL Gtk:
(meld.exe:20432): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: 14:12:24.613: g_content_type_is_a: assertion 'type != NULL' failed
2019-09-18 14:12:24,613 CRITICAL Gtk:
(meld.exe:20432): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: 14:12:24.613: g_content_type_is_a: assertion 'type != NULL' failed
2019-09-18 14:12:24,614 CRITICAL Gtk:
(meld.exe:20432): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: 14:12:24.614: g_content_type_is_a: assertion 'type != NULL' failed
2019-09-18 14:12:24,614 CRITICAL Gtk:
(meld.exe:20432): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: 14:12:24.614: g_content_type_is_a: assertion 'type != NULL' failed
2019-09-18 14:12:24,615 CRITICAL Gtk:
(meld.exe:20432): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: 14:12:24.615: g_content_type_is_a: assertion 'type != NULL' failed
2019-09-18 14:12:24,615 CRITICAL Gtk:
(meld.exe:20432): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: 14:12:24.615: g_content_type_is_a: assertion 'type != NULL' failed
2019-09-18 14:12:24,616 CRITICAL Gtk:
(meld.exe:20432): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: 14:12:24.616: g_content_type_is_a: assertion 'type != NULL' failed
2019-09-18 14:12:24,616 CRITICAL Gtk:
(meld.exe:20432): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: 14:12:24.616: g_content_type_is_a: assertion 'type != NULL' failed
2019-09-18 14:12:24,616 CRITICAL Gtk:
(meld.exe:20432): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: 14:12:24.616: g_content_type_is_a: assertion 'type != NULL' failed
2019-09-18 14:12:24,616 CRITICAL Gtk:
(meld.exe:20432): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: 14:12:24.616: g_content_type_is_a: assertion 'type != NULL' failed
2019-09-18 14:12:24,616 CRITICAL Gtk:
(meld.exe:20432): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: 14:12:24.616: g_content_type_is_a: assertion 'type != NULL' failed
2019-09-18 14:12:24,616 CRITICAL Gtk:
(meld.exe:20432): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: 14:12:24.616: g_content_type_is_a: assertion 'type != NULL' failed
2019-09-18 14:12:24,617 CRITICAL Gtk:
(meld.exe:20432): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: 14:12:24.617: g_content_type_is_a: assertion 'type != NULL' failed
2019-09-18 14:12:24,617 CRITICAL Gtk:
(meld.exe:20432): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: 14:12:24.617: g_content_type_is_a: assertion 'type != NULL' failed
2019-09-18 14:12:26,202 CRITICAL Gtk:
(org.gnome.meld:20432): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: 14:12:26.201: g_content_type_is_a: assertion 'type != NULL' failed
2019-09-18 14:12:26,203 CRITICAL Gtk:
(org.gnome.meld:20432): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: 14:12:26.203: g_content_type_is_a: assertion 'type != NULL' failed
2019-09-18 14:12:26,203 CRITICAL Gtk:
(org.gnome.meld:20432): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: 14:12:26.203: g_content_type_is_a: assertion 'type != NULL' failed
2019-09-18 14:12:26,203 CRITICAL Gtk:
(org.gnome.meld:20432): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: 14:12:26.203: g_content_type_is_a: assertion 'type != NULL' failed
2019-09-18 14:12:26,204 CRITICAL Gtk:
(org.gnome.meld:20432): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: 14:12:26.204: g_content_type_is_a: assertion 'type != NULL' failed
2019-09-18 14:12:26,204 CRITICAL Gtk:
(org.gnome.meld:20432): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: 14:12:26.204: g_content_type_is_a: assertion 'type != NULL' failed
2019-09-18 14:12:26,205 CRITICAL Gtk:
(org.gnome.meld:20432): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: 14:12:26.205: g_content_type_is_a: assertion 'type != NULL' failed
2019-09-18 14:12:26,205 CRITICAL Gtk:
(org.gnome.meld:20432): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: 14:12:26.205: g_content_type_is_a: assertion 'type != NULL' failed
2019-09-18 14:12:26,205 CRITICAL Gtk:
(org.gnome.meld:20432): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: 14:12:26.205: g_content_type_is_a: assertion 'type != NULL' failed
2019-09-18 14:12:26,206 CRITICAL Gtk:
(org.gnome.meld:20432): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: 14:12:26.206: g_content_type_is_a: assertion 'type != NULL' failed
2019-09-18 14:12:26,207 CRITICAL Gtk:
(org.gnome.meld:20432): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: 14:12:26.207: g_content_type_is_a: assertion 'type != NULL' failed
2019-09-18 14:12:26,499 CRITICAL Gtk:
(org.gnome.meld:20432): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: 14:12:26.499: g_content_type_is_a: assertion 'type != NULL' failed
2019-09-18 14:12:26,499 CRITICAL Gtk:
(org.gnome.meld:20432): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: 14:12:26.499: g_content_type_is_a: assertion 'type != NULL' failed
2019-09-18 14:12:26,499 CRITICAL Gtk:
(org.gnome.meld:20432): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: 14:12:26.499: g_content_type_is_a: assertion 'type != NULL' failed
2019-09-18 14:12:26,499 CRITICAL Gtk:
(org.gnome.meld:20432): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: 14:12:26.499: g_content_type_is_a: assertion 'type != NULL' failed
2019-09-18 14:12:26,499 CRITICAL Gtk:
(org.gnome.meld:20432): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: 14:12:26.499: g_content_type_is_a: assertion 'type != NULL' failed
2019-09-18 14:12:26,500 CRITICAL Gtk:
(org.gnome.meld:20432): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: 14:12:26.500: g_content_type_is_a: assertion 'type != NULL' failed
2019-09-18 14:12:26,500 CRITICAL Gtk:
(org.gnome.meld:20432): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: 14:12:26.500: g_content_type_is_a: assertion 'type != NULL' failed
2019-09-18 14:12:26,500 CRITICAL Gtk:
(org.gnome.meld:20432): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: 14:12:26.500: g_content_type_is_a: assertion 'type != NULL' failed
2019-09-18 14:12:26,500 CRITICAL Gtk:
(org.gnome.meld:20432): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: 14:12:26.500: g_content_type_is_a: assertion 'type != NULL' failed
2019-09-18 14:12:26,500 CRITICAL Gtk:
(org.gnome.meld:20432): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: 14:12:26.500: g_content_type_is_a: assertion 'type != NULL' failed
2019-09-18 14:12:26,501 CRITICAL Gtk:
(org.gnome.meld:20432): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: 14:12:26.501: g_content_type_is_a: assertion 'type != NULL' failed
2019-09-18 14:12:26,538 CRITICAL Gtk:
(org.gnome.meld:20432): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: 14:12:26.538: g_content_type_is_a: assertion 'type != NULL' failed
2019-09-18 14:12:26,540 CRITICAL Gtk:
(org.gnome.meld:20432): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: 14:12:26.540: g_content_type_is_a: assertion 'type != NULL' failed
2019-09-18 14:12:26,540 CRITICAL Gtk:
(org.gnome.meld:20432): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: 14:12:26.540: g_content_type_is_a: assertion 'type != NULL' failed
2019-09-18 14:12:26,542 CRITICAL Gtk:
(org.gnome.meld:20432): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: 14:12:26.541: g_content_type_is_a: assertion 'type != NULL' failed
2019-09-18 14:12:26,542 CRITICAL Gtk:
(org.gnome.meld:20432): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: 14:12:26.542: g_content_type_is_a: assertion 'type != NULL' failed
2019-09-18 14:12:26,543 CRITICAL Gtk:
(org.gnome.meld:20432): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: 14:12:26.543: g_content_type_is_a: assertion 'type != NULL' failed
2019-09-18 14:12:26,543 CRITICAL Gtk:
(org.gnome.meld:20432): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: 14:12:26.543: g_content_type_is_a: assertion 'type != NULL' failed
2019-09-18 14:12:26,543 CRITICAL Gtk:
(org.gnome.meld:20432): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: 14:12:26.543: g_content_type_is_a: assertion 'type != NULL' failed
2019-09-18 14:12:26,543 CRITICAL Gtk:
(org.gnome.meld:20432): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: 14:12:26.543: g_content_type_is_a: assertion 'type != NULL' failed
2019-09-18 14:12:26,543 CRITICAL Gtk:
(org.gnome.meld:20432): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: 14:12:26.543: g_content_type_is_a: assertion 'type != NULL' failed
2019-09-18 14:12:26,544 CRITICAL Gtk:
(org.gnome.meld:20432): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: 14:12:26.544: g_content_type_is_a: assertion 'type != NULL' failed
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