# How to run ParaView (including the binary release) using EGL on Windows
**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-run-paraview-including-the-binary-release-using-egl-on-windows/7534
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [July 1, 2021, 5:25pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-run-paraview-including-the-binary-release-using-egl-on-windows/7534 "2021-07-01T17:25:36Z")
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### Author:  [@Luis\_Carlos\_Carneiro](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Luis_Carlos_Carneiro)
#### Post date: [July 1, 2021, 5:25pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-run-paraview-including-the-binary-release-using-egl-on-windows/7534/1 "2021-07-01T17:25:36Z")
Dear All,
I want to run Paraview (pvpython etc) in a headless server with a K80 but in **windows**. I need OpenGL. I suppose I need EGL.
Can someone provide the links that instructs how to do that?
Thanks in Advance,
Luís Gonçalves
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2021, 7:16am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-run-paraview-including-the-binary-release-using-egl-on-windows/7534/2 "2021-07-02T07:16:11Z")
Build the superbuild with EGL activated:
[https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview-superbuild](https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview-superbuild)
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### Author:  [@Luis\_Carlos\_Carneiro](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Luis_Carlos_Carneiro)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2021, 8:03am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-run-paraview-including-the-binary-release-using-egl-on-windows/7534/3 "2021-07-02T08:03:51Z")
But OSMesa is for CPU OpenGL, no? I want OpenGL for K80 GPGPU. Please confirm or not.
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2021, 8:04am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-run-paraview-including-the-binary-release-using-egl-on-windows/7534/4 "2021-07-02T08:04:38Z")
Good point, enable EGL.
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### Author:  [@Luis\_Carlos\_Carneiro](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Luis_Carlos_Carneiro)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2021, 8:05am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-run-paraview-including-the-binary-release-using-egl-on-windows/7534/5 "2021-07-02T08:05:55Z")
There are EGL for Windows? Is not only for Linux?
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2021, 8:07am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-run-paraview-including-the-binary-release-using-egl-on-windows/7534/6 "2021-07-02T08:07:12Z")
The EGL standard is defined for windows as well but afaik it is not tested with ParaView.
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### Author:  [@Luis\_Carlos\_Carneiro](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Luis_Carlos_Carneiro)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2021, 8:11am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-run-paraview-including-the-binary-release-using-egl-on-windows/7534/7 "2021-07-02T08:11:42Z")
Is EGL that comes with Paraview, if compiled in Windows, works?
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2021, 8:12am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-run-paraview-including-the-binary-release-using-egl-on-windows/7534/8 "2021-07-02T08:12:23Z")
ParaView Windows Release is not build with EGL support AFAIK.
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### Author:  [@Luis\_Carlos\_Carneiro](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Luis_Carlos_Carneiro)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2021, 8:14am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-run-paraview-including-the-binary-release-using-egl-on-windows/7534/9 "2021-07-02T08:14:52Z")
But if I compile the SuperBuild with EGL in Windows it works or may work?
And I do not know the meaning of “AFAIK”.
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2021, 8:15am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-run-paraview-including-the-binary-release-using-egl-on-windows/7534/10 "2021-07-02T08:15:26Z")
> [@Luis\_Carlos\_Carneiro](#):
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> if I compile the SuperBuild with EGL in Windows it works or may work?
It may work.
AFAIK means: As far as I know.
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### Author:  [@Luis\_Carlos\_Carneiro](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Luis_Carlos_Carneiro)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2021, 8:27am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-run-paraview-including-the-binary-release-using-egl-on-windows/7534/11 "2021-07-02T08:27:57Z")
The zip of sources of super build has only 0.5K. Something missing. Can you help me?
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2021, 8:29am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-run-paraview-including-the-binary-release-using-egl-on-windows/7534/12 "2021-07-02T08:29:14Z")
Just read the readme from [https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview-superbuild](https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview-superbuild)
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### Author:  [@Luis\_Carlos\_Carneiro](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Luis_Carlos_Carneiro)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2021, 9:10am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-run-paraview-including-the-binary-release-using-egl-on-windows/7534/13 "2021-07-02T09:10:11Z")
[https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview-superbuild/-/blob/master/README.md](https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview-superbuild/-/blob/master/README.md)
ParaView supports multiple rendering engines including `egl`, `mesa`, `osmesa`, and `qt5`. All of these are incompatible with each other. If none of these are chosen, a UI-less ParaView will be built (basically just `pvpython`). On Windows and macOS, only the `qt5` rendering engine is available.
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2021, 9:14am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-run-paraview-including-the-binary-release-using-egl-on-windows/7534/14 "2021-07-02T09:14:36Z")
Too bad, you can try forcing it and see how it goes, but it will probably not work.