# Failing to build ParaView on the Theta supercomputer

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/failing-to-build-paraview-on-the-theta-supercomputer/6309
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [January 27, 2021, 10:15am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/failing-to-build-paraview-on-the-theta-supercomputer/6309 "2021-01-27T10:15:24Z")
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### Author: ![Dave\_DeMarle](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/dave_demarle/32/27_2.png) [@Dave\_DeMarle](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Dave_DeMarle)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2021, 3:02pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/failing-to-build-paraview-on-the-theta-supercomputer/6309/2 "2021-01-27T15:02:38Z")

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Previous installs we’ve done there used ParaView Superbuild, because spack was in early stages. We should move to spack though. If my memory serves, @Scott_Wittenburg did a 5.8 there via Superbuild.

I don’t have any suggestions yet on that particular compile problem unfortunately.

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