# Improving Build\_And\_Install wiki page adding a "Common error" section ?

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/improving-build-and-install-wiki-page-adding-a-common-error-section/115
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Tags:** wiki
**Created:** [June 6, 2018, 8:51pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/improving-build-and-install-wiki-page-adding-a-common-error-section/115 "2018-06-06T20:51:22Z")
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### Author: ![jcfr](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/jcfr/32/5_2.png) [@jcfr](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/jcfr)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2018, 8:51pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/improving-build-and-install-wiki-page-adding-a-common-error-section/115/1 "2018-06-06T20:51:23Z")

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Would it make sense to reference known build issues on the wiki page [ParaView:Build\_And\_Install](https://www.paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView:Build_And_Install)?

In addition of the existing “Frequently Asked Question”, I suggest to add a “Common Errors” section. For example, see Slicer [wiki page](https://www.slicer.org/wiki/Documentation/Nightly/Developers/Build_Instructions).

The entry on the wiki page could be as simple as the error message with a link to discourse post, issue, …

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### Author: ![shawn.waldon](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/shawn.waldon/32/12_2.png) [@shawn.waldon](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/shawn.waldon)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2018, 8:53pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/improving-build-and-install-wiki-page-adding-a-common-error-section/115/2 "2018-06-06T20:53:32Z")

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+1

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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: [June 7, 2018, 7:31am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/improving-build-and-install-wiki-page-adding-a-common-error-section/115/3 "2018-06-07T07:31:42Z")

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+1

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### Author: ![nicolas.vuaille](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/nicolas.vuaille/32/5873_2.png) [@nicolas.vuaille](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/nicolas.vuaille)
#### Post date: [June 7, 2018, 7:44am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/improving-build-and-install-wiki-page-adding-a-common-error-section/115/4 "2018-06-07T07:44:47Z")

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+1

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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: [June 7, 2018, 12:47pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/improving-build-and-install-wiki-page-adding-a-common-error-section/115/5 "2018-06-07T12:47:27Z")

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I think it is fine to add this section to the wiki.

Note that there are building instructions in the repository itself:

[https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/blob/master/Documentation/dev/build.md](https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/blob/master/Documentation/dev/build.md)

We should aim to move things from the wiki to Markdown files in the repository, especially for anything that is relevant to a particular release such as build instructions. This will take a while to achieve, but it is what we should be aiming for.

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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: [June 7, 2018, 12:48pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/improving-build-and-install-wiki-page-adding-a-common-error-section/115/6 "2018-06-07T12:48:29Z")

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@cory.quammen is right, i had forgot about that.