# cant use paraview with ubuntu
**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/cant-use-paraview-with-ubuntu/14999
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [July 5, 2024, 7:54pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/cant-use-paraview-with-ubuntu/14999 "2024-07-05T19:54:11Z")
**Posts on this page:** 12
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### Author:  [@jobyjob](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/jobyjob)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2024, 7:54pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/cant-use-paraview-with-ubuntu/14999/1 "2024-07-05T19:54:11Z")
when I try to open Para view with ubuntu for open foam . I am not able to get the paraview it is showing error like paraview: error while loading shared libraries: libQt5Core.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory.
How can i solve this issue
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### Author:  [@ben.boeckel](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/ben.boeckel)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2024, 8:01pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/cant-use-paraview-with-ubuntu/14999/2 "2024-07-05T20:01:44Z")
Where did you get your ParaView from?
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### Author:  [@jobyjob](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/jobyjob)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2024, 8:03pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/cant-use-paraview-with-ubuntu/14999/3 "2024-07-05T20:03:33Z")
Downloaded straight from the paraview site
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### Author:  [@ben.boeckel](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/ben.boeckel)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2024, 8:06pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/cant-use-paraview-with-ubuntu/14999/4 "2024-07-05T20:06:01Z")
Well, that is interesting as it should come with Qt5 in there. Are you setting any environment variables or using other environment-modifying tools before launching ParaView?
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### Author:  [@jobyjob](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/jobyjob)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2024, 8:08pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/cant-use-paraview-with-ubuntu/14999/5 "2024-07-05T20:08:38Z")
No I didnt set up any enviornment variables . I was using it for the openfoam . is there any way that i can get Qt5 after downloading or do i have to reinstall the software
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### Author:  [@ben.boeckel](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/ben.boeckel)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2024, 8:13pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/cant-use-paraview-with-ubuntu/14999/6 "2024-07-05T20:13:15Z")
The Linux binaries are just tarballs you extract wherever; they don’t need to be installed. How are you trying to use it with openfoam?
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### Author:  [@jobyjob](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/jobyjob)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2024, 8:14pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/cant-use-paraview-with-ubuntu/14999/7 "2024-07-05T20:14:53Z")
I am trying to call the paraview using (paraview &) and (paraFoam) commands for both of this cases i am facing the same issue
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### Author:  [@ben.boeckel](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/ben.boeckel)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2024, 8:19pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/cant-use-paraview-with-ubuntu/14999/8 "2024-07-05T20:19:46Z")
Does just `paraview` work? Let’s try and narrow down where things are going wrong.
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### Author:  [@jobyjob](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/jobyjob)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2024, 8:20pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/cant-use-paraview-with-ubuntu/14999/9 "2024-07-05T20:20:30Z")
yea the paraview alone works.
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### Author:  [@ben.boeckel](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/ben.boeckel)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2024, 8:21pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/cant-use-paraview-with-ubuntu/14999/10 "2024-07-05T20:21:53Z")
The paraFoam you have might need updated to work with the ParaView version. If that’s the case, the OpenFoam developers are probably more able to assist. Alternatively, get a ParaView version that matches what it expects.
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### Author:  [@jobyjob](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/jobyjob)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2024, 8:22pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/cant-use-paraview-with-ubuntu/14999/11 "2024-07-05T20:22:53Z")
Okay I ll try with the new version.
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### Author:  [@jobyjob](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/jobyjob)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2024, 10:03pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/cant-use-paraview-with-ubuntu/14999/12 "2024-07-05T22:03:34Z")
hi i tried with new version and I saw notification from openfoam that there is a segmentation fault while opening paraview with openfoam.
thank you for your help