# How to build headless paraview in local?

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-build-headless-paraview-in-local/9248
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Tags:** python
**Created:** [March 22, 2022, 5:20am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-build-headless-paraview-in-local/9248 "2022-03-22T05:20:28Z")
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### Author: ![mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/mwestphal/32/17_2.png) [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2022, 2:01pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-build-headless-paraview-in-local/9248/4 "2022-03-22T14:01:27Z")

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> [@Ying](#):
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> Can I just upgrade it

I dont think so. There is no reason to use the version of ParaView built with openfoam anyway.

> [@I want to visualize my OpenFOAM simulation results with ParaView but I'm confused, which version should I use ?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/i-want-to-visualize-my-openfoam-simulation-results-with-paraview-but-im-confused-which-version-should-i-use/7232/1):
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> Short Answer: go to [paraview.org/download](http://paraview.org/download) download the last version of ParaView available Use it to visualize your results Long Answer: OpenFOAM ships with a script named paraFoam, which can be used to call ParaView with custom OpenFOAM-specific reader modules, as well as with the standard reader that comes with ParaView/VTK. As stated in the OpenFOAM wiki, There is almost no reason to use these particular reader modules instead of the official binary release. Also, this discourse can…

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