# build paraview with openvdb

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/build-paraview-with-openvdb/7983
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [September 13, 2021, 10:05am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/build-paraview-with-openvdb/7983 "2021-09-13T10:05:15Z")
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### Author: ![aquanaut](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/aquanaut/32/1302_2.png) [@aquanaut](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/aquanaut)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2021, 10:05am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/build-paraview-with-openvdb/7983/1 "2021-09-13T10:05:15Z")

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hi,the following is the error message. But I can’t found none of them:  
OpenVDBConfig.cmake  
openvdb-config.cmake

**strong text** CMake Warning at VTK/CMake/vtkModule.cmake:4365 (find\_package):  
By not providing “FindOpenVDB.cmake” in CMAKE\_MODULE\_PATH this project has  
asked CMake to find a package configuration file provided by “OpenVDB”, but  
CMake did not find one.

Could not find a package configuration file provided by “OpenVDB” with any  
of the following names:

```
OpenVDBConfig.cmake
openvdb-config.cmake

```

Add the installation prefix of “OpenVDB” to CMAKE\_PREFIX\_PATH or set  
“OpenVDB\_DIR” to a directory containing one of the above files. If  
“OpenVDB” provides a separate development package or SDK, be sure it has  
been installed.  
Call Stack (most recent call first):  
VTK/IO/OpenVDB/CMakeLists.txt:9 (vtk\_module\_find\_package)

CMake Error at VTK/CMake/vtkModule.cmake:4371 (message):  
Could not find the OpenVDB external dependency.  
Call Stack (most recent call first):  
VTK/IO/OpenVDB/CMakeLists.txt:9 (vtk\_module\_find\_package)

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### Author: ![Andy\_Bauer](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/andy_bauer/32/5442_2.png) [@Andy\_Bauer](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Andy_Bauer)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2021, 12:03pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/build-paraview-with-openvdb/7983/2 "2021-09-13T12:03:46Z")

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We’re in the process of updating the [ParaView superbuild](https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview-superbuild) to include the third party libraries needed for this. The other option is for you to build the third party libraries (e.g. OpenVDB, Blosc, OpenEXR, TBB, etc.) yourself and make sure that CMake finds them properly during the ParaView configuration process.