# I'm using Ubuntu 22 and ParaView reports "Could not load the Qt platform plugin 'xcb'"

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/im-using-ubuntu-22-and-paraview-reports-could-not-load-the-qt-platform-plugin-xcb/10642
**Category:** FAQ
**Created:** [October 31, 2022, 5:47pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/im-using-ubuntu-22-and-paraview-reports-could-not-load-the-qt-platform-plugin-xcb/10642 "2022-10-31T17:47:31Z")
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### Author: ![cory.quammen](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/cory.quammen/32/11193_2.png) [@cory.quammen](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/cory.quammen)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2022, 5:47pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/im-using-ubuntu-22-and-paraview-reports-could-not-load-the-qt-platform-plugin-xcb/10642/1 "2022-10-31T17:47:31Z")

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Install missing `xcb` packages using

```bash
apt install libxcb-xinerama0
apt install libxcb-xinput0

```

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### Author: ![wascott](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/8e8cbc/32.png) [@wascott](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/wascott)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2025, 7:52pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/im-using-ubuntu-22-and-paraview-reports-could-not-load-the-qt-platform-plugin-xcb/10642/2 "2025-09-09T19:52:34Z")

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We saw that issue with RHEL8. ParaView updated it’s version of Qt for ParaView 6.0.0. What worked for us is installing the following:

xcb-util-cursor-0.1.3-9.el8.x86\_64 .