gvsbuild build gtk4 fails on Windows 11 using uv #1586
Description
I installed all the prerequisites as directed in the README, but instead of using pipx, I used
uv tool install gvsbuild
uv toll update-shellAfter restarting the shell, I then tried building gtk4, which gave the output below.
gvsbuild build gtk4 output
~
➜ gvsbuild build gtk4
╭───────────────────────────────────────────────── Traceback (most recent call last) ──────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ C:\Users\XXXXXXX\AppData\Roaming\uv\tools\gvsbuild\Lib\site-packages\click\types.py:348 in convert │
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StopIteration
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
╭───────────────────────────────────────────────── Traceback (most recent call last) ──────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ C:\Users\XXXXXXX\AppData\Roaming\uv\tools\gvsbuild\Lib\site-packages\typer\core.py:195 in _main │
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│ C:\Users\XXXXXXX\AppData\Roaming\uv\tools\gvsbuild\Lib\site-packages\click\core.py:1828 in invoke │
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│ C:\Users\XXXXXXX\AppData\Roaming\uv\tools\gvsbuild\Lib\site-packages\click\core.py:1186 in make_context │
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│ C:\Users\XXXXXXX\AppData\Roaming\uv\tools\gvsbuild\Lib\site-packages\click\core.py:1197 in parse_args │
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│ C:\Users\XXXXXXX\AppData\Roaming\uv\tools\gvsbuild\Lib\site-packages\click\core.py:2416 in handle_parse_result │
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│ C:\Users\XXXXXXX\AppData\Roaming\uv\tools\gvsbuild\Lib\site-packages\click\core.py:2349 in process_value │
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│ C:\Users\XXXXXXX\AppData\Roaming\uv\tools\gvsbuild\Lib\site-packages\click\core.py:2337 in type_cast_value │
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│ C:\Users\XXXXXXX\AppData\Roaming\uv\tools\gvsbuild\Lib\site-packages\click\core.py:2309 in convert │
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│ C:\Users\XXXXXXX\AppData\Roaming\uv\tools\gvsbuild\Lib\site-packages\click\types.py:90 in __call__ │
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│ C:\Users\XXXXXXX\AppData\Roaming\uv\tools\gvsbuild\Lib\site-packages\click\types.py:354 in convert │
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│ C:\Users\XXXXXXX\AppData\Roaming\uv\tools\gvsbuild\Lib\site-packages\click\types.py:143 in fail │
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BadParameter: <Configuration.debug_optimized: 'debug-optimized'> is not one of 'debug', 'release', 'debug-optimized'.
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
╭───────────────────────────────────────────────── Traceback (most recent call last) ──────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ in _run_module_as_main:198 │
│ ╭───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── locals ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮ │
│ │ alter_argv = False │ │
│ │ code = <code object <module> at 0x0000028BA04582C0, file "C:\Users\XXXXXXX\.local\bin\gvsbuild.exe\__main__.py", line 1> │ │
│ │ main_globals = { │ │
│ │ │ '__name__': '__main__', │ │
│ │ │ '__doc__': None, │ │
│ │ │ '__package__': '', │ │
│ │ │ '__loader__': <zipimporter object "C:\Users\XXXXXXX\.local\bin\gvsbuild.exe\">, │ │
│ │ │ '__spec__': ModuleSpec(name='__main__', loader=<zipimporter object │ │
│ │ "C:\Users\XXXXXXX\.local\bin\gvsbuild.exe\">, │ │
│ │ origin='C:\\Users\\XXXXXXX\\.local\\bin\\gvsbuild.exe\\__main__.py'), │ │
│ │ │ '__annotations__': {}, │ │
│ │ │ '__builtins__': <module 'builtins' (built-in)>, │ │
│ │ │ '__file__': 'C:\\Users\\XXXXXXX\\.local\\bin\\gvsbuild.exe\\__main__.py', │ │
│ │ │ '__cached__': 'C:\\Users\\XXXXXXX\\.local\\bin\\gvsbuild.exe\\__pycache__\\__main__.cpython-313.pyc', │ │
│ │ │ 'sys': <module 'sys' (built-in)>, │ │
│ │ │ ... +1 │ │
│ │ } │ │
│ │ mod_name = '__main__' │ │
│ │ mod_spec = ModuleSpec(name='__main__', loader=<zipimporter object "C:\Users\XXXXXXX\.local\bin\gvsbuild.exe\">, │ │
│ │ origin='C:\\Users\\XXXXXXX\\.local\\bin\\gvsbuild.exe\\__main__.py') │ │
│ ╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯ │
│ in _run_code:88 │
│ ╭───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── locals ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮ │
│ │ cached = 'C:\\Users\\XXXXXXX\\.local\\bin\\gvsbuild.exe\\__pycache__\\__main__.cpython-313.pyc' │ │
│ │ code = <code object <module> at 0x0000028BA04582C0, file "C:\Users\XXXXXXX\.local\bin\gvsbuild.exe\__main__.py", line 1> │ │
│ │ fname = 'C:\\Users\\XXXXXXX\\.local\\bin\\gvsbuild.exe\\__main__.py' │ │
│ │ init_globals = None │ │
│ │ loader = <zipimporter object "C:\Users\XXXXXXX\.local\bin\gvsbuild.exe\"> │ │
│ │ mod_name = '__main__' │ │
│ │ mod_spec = ModuleSpec(name='__main__', loader=<zipimporter object "C:\Users\XXXXXXX\.local\bin\gvsbuild.exe\">, │ │
│ │ origin='C:\\Users\\XXXXXXX\\.local\\bin\\gvsbuild.exe\\__main__.py') │ │
│ │ pkg_name = '' │ │
│ │ run_globals = { │ │
│ │ │ '__name__': '__main__', │ │
│ │ │ '__doc__': None, │ │
│ │ │ '__package__': '', │ │
│ │ │ '__loader__': <zipimporter object "C:\Users\XXXXXXX\.local\bin\gvsbuild.exe\">, │ │
│ │ │ '__spec__': ModuleSpec(name='__main__', loader=<zipimporter object │ │
│ │ "C:\Users\XXXXXXX\.local\bin\gvsbuild.exe\">, │ │
│ │ origin='C:\\Users\\XXXXXXX\\.local\\bin\\gvsbuild.exe\\__main__.py'), │ │
│ │ │ '__annotations__': {}, │ │
│ │ │ '__builtins__': <module 'builtins' (built-in)>, │ │
│ │ │ '__file__': 'C:\\Users\\XXXXXXX\\.local\\bin\\gvsbuild.exe\\__main__.py', │ │
│ │ │ '__cached__': 'C:\\Users\\XXXXXXX\\.local\\bin\\gvsbuild.exe\\__pycache__\\__main__.cpython-313.pyc', │ │
│ │ │ 'sys': <module 'sys' (built-in)>, │ │
│ │ │ ... +1 │ │
│ │ } │ │
│ │ script_name = None │ │
│ ╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯ │
│ │
│ in <module>:10 │
│ │
│ C:\Users\XXXXXXX\AppData\Roaming\uv\tools\gvsbuild\Lib\site-packages\gvsbuild\main.py:66 in run │
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│ 63 │
│ 64 │
│ 65 def run(): │
│ ❱ 66 │ app() │
│ 67 │
│ │
│ C:\Users\XXXXXXX\AppData\Roaming\uv\tools\gvsbuild\Lib\site-packages\typer\main.py:340 in __call__ │
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│ C:\Users\XXXXXXX\AppData\Roaming\uv\tools\gvsbuild\Lib\site-packages\typer\main.py:323 in __call__ │
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│ C:\Users\XXXXXXX\AppData\Roaming\uv\tools\gvsbuild\Lib\site-packages\click\core.py:1442 in __call__ │
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│ C:\Users\XXXXXXX\AppData\Roaming\uv\tools\gvsbuild\Lib\site-packages\typer\core.py:740 in main │
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│ C:\Users\XXXXXXX\AppData\Roaming\uv\tools\gvsbuild\Lib\site-packages\typer\core.py:216 in _main │
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│ C:\Users\XXXXXXX\AppData\Roaming\uv\tools\gvsbuild\Lib\site-packages\typer\rich_utils.py:693 in rich_format_error │
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│ C:\Users\XXXXXXX\AppData\Roaming\uv\tools\gvsbuild\Lib\site-packages\click\core.py:724 in get_usage │
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│ C:\Users\XXXXXXX\AppData\Roaming\uv\tools\gvsbuild\Lib\site-packages\click\core.py:969 in get_usage │
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│ C:\Users\XXXXXXX\AppData\Roaming\uv\tools\gvsbuild\Lib\site-packages\click\core.py:1002 in format_usage │
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│ C:\Users\XXXXXXX\AppData\Roaming\uv\tools\gvsbuild\Lib\site-packages\click\core.py:1012 in collect_usage_pieces │
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│ C:\Users\XXXXXXX\AppData\Roaming\uv\tools\gvsbuild\Lib\site-packages\click\core.py:3104 in get_usage_pieces │
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TypeError: TyperArgument.make_metavar() takes 1 positional argument but 2 were given
I verified that gvsbuild is using python 3.13.3:
➜ & "$(uv tool dir)/gvsbuild/Scripts/python.exe" --version
Python 3.13.3I'm not sure what else I can do at this point. I also tried the following steps, which did not resolve the issue, either:
➜ uv tool install pipx
Resolved 7 packages in 232ms
Prepared 3 packages in 1.36s
Installed 7 packages in 139ms
+ argcomplete==3.6.2
+ click==8.2.0
+ colorama==0.4.6
+ packaging==25.0
+ pipx==1.7.1
+ platformdirs==4.3.8
+ userpath==1.9.2
Installed 1 executable: pipx.exe
~ took 2s
➜ uv tool run pipx install gvsbuild
⚠️ Overwriting file C:\Users\XXXXXXX\.local\bin\gvsbuild.exe with C:\Users\XXXXXXX\pipx\venvs\gvsbuild\Scripts\gvsbuild.exe
installed package gvsbuild 2025.5.0, installed using Python 3.13.3
These apps are now globally available
- gvsbuild.exe
done! ✨ 🌟 ✨
~ took 25s
➜ gvsbuild build gtk4
╭───────────────────────────────────────────────── Traceback (most recent call last) ──────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ C:\Users\XXXXXXX\pipx\venvs\gvsbuild\Lib\site-packages\click\types.py:348 in convert │
╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
StopIteration
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
╭───────────────────────────────────────────────── Traceback (most recent call last) ──────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ C:\Users\XXXXXXX\pipx\venvs\gvsbuild\Lib\site-packages\typer\core.py:195 in _main │
...
...
╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
TypeError: TyperArgument.make_metavar() takes 1 positional argument but 2 were given