PPM>Configure>Choose Repositories.The four repositories in PPM are:
ubuntu-trusty-multiverse
ubuntu-trusty-universe
puppy-noarch
puppy-tahr64
See if you can select ubuntu-trusty-main, to add it as a selected repository.
Should now see it in the list of repositories in PPM main window.
Now see if libgtk-3 will show up in a search.