Setting up developement environment: PyCharm, python-gtk, windows

Question

I want to develop with these tools:

• MS-Windows 10
• Python3
• gtk
• PyCharm

I installed PyCharm, but up to now Python and g

Answer 1

use 32 or 64 Bit version of Python?

The documentation suggests 32 bit for msys2, so this is the safest. However, if you have a 64 bit computer, the 64 bit version could allow some more processing power for larger tasks.

How to install gtk for python (pip or exe)?

Most definitely using the .exe available from this source. This tool is a package manager for Windows that will let you install gtk and its dependencies. Instructions there will walk you through setting up the default environment, then from that environment run pacman -Suy and pacman -S mingw-w64-i686-gtk3 mingw-w64-i686-python2-gobject mingw-w64-i686-python3-gobject.

Use virtual env in PyCharm or use "Existing Interpreter"?

Using the 'Existing Intepreter' is a must for this method of installation, as you need to point PyCharm to your msys2 Python, which actually has gtk available. It should be located at C:\msys64\bin\python.exe. Keep in mind that you might not be able to run some scripts directly through PyCharm this way, as Python will be running through a virtual bash-like environment. Save your scripts in the C:\msys64\home\ directory so that you can run them easily when you open msys2 with python3 script.py.