# compiling Paraview5.2 in Mac OS

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/compiling-paraview5-2-in-mac-os/416
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [August 10, 2018, 7:38pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/compiling-paraview5-2-in-mac-os/416 "2018-08-10T19:38:01Z")
**Posts on this page:** 1
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![segalemb](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@segalemb](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/segalemb)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2018, 7:38pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/compiling-paraview5-2-in-mac-os/416/1 "2018-08-10T19:38:01Z")

</div>

I trying to install Paraview 5.2 in a Mac OS 10.13.6. But, when compiling the files, by the command make, I  
obtain the following error:

**/Users/sergio/ParaView-v5.2.0/VTK/ThirdParty/xdmf2/vtkxdmf2/libsrc/XdmfDsmComm.cxx:55:18:**  **error:**  **ordered comparison**

\*_between pointer and zero ('void ’ and ‘int’)_

if(Msg-\>Data \<= 0 ){

\*\* ~~~~~~~~~ ^ ~\*\*

**/Users/sergio/ParaView-v5.2.0/VTK/ThirdParty/xdmf2/vtkxdmf2/libsrc/XdmfDsmComm.cxx:69:18:**  **error:**  **ordered comparison**

\*_between pointer and zero ('void ’ and ‘int’)_

if(Msg-\>Data \<= 0 ){

I am using gcc 4.9.2 from MacPorts.

Thanks