# calling paraview as I do for pvpython

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/calling-paraview-as-i-do-for-pvpython/5570
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [October 15, 2020, 5:30pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/calling-paraview-as-i-do-for-pvpython/5570 "2020-10-15T17:30:00Z")
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### Author: ![Francesc\_Costa](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/francesc_costa/32/5142_2.png) [@Francesc\_Costa](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Francesc_Costa)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2020, 5:30pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/calling-paraview-as-i-do-for-pvpython/5570/1 "2020-10-15T17:30:00Z")

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Hello,

I have successfully set-up paraview-lite in a ubuntu machine. I start the server with:

pvpython ./server/pvw-lite.py --data ~/3d\_samples --port 8082

how can I do the same without using the python wrapper?

how can I make paraview-lite work with the server ~/paraview/bin/pvserver?

Regards,

Francesc

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### Author: ![jourdain](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/jourdain/32/11_2.png) [@jourdain](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/jourdain)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2020, 7:23pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/calling-paraview-as-i-do-for-pvpython/5570/2 "2020-10-15T19:23:41Z")

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pvpython will always be a client from the point of view of ParaView and therefore, pvpython can connect to a pvserver if you want. You can see how a registered protocol in visualizer is allowing you to connect to a remote pvserver using some command line argument.

But if your goal is to run pvw-lite.py in parallel, you just need to use pvbatch with mpi instead.

HTH,

Seb