# Install headers for vtk modules build by ParaView 5.7.0

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/install-headers-for-vtk-modules-build-by-paraview-5-7-0/2721
**Category:** Development
**Tags:** vtk
**Created:** [October 8, 2019, 11:59am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/install-headers-for-vtk-modules-build-by-paraview-5-7-0/2721 "2019-10-08T11:59:07Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![Charles\_Gueunet](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/charles_gueunet/32/40_2.png) [@Charles\_Gueunet](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Charles_Gueunet)
#### Post date: [October 8, 2019, 11:59am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/install-headers-for-vtk-modules-build-by-paraview-5-7-0/2721/1 "2019-10-08T11:59:07Z")

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First, I have to say that I am looking for a good practice to get around a bug that made its way on the v5.7.0, but is now fixed [here](https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/commit/ef17a931c6574cbef9628c3076de9152ae13630a).

I am developing a collection of VTK modules in a [library](https://github.com/CharlesGueunet/ttk/tree/ParaView57). This library can be installed and is already used by other projects.  
Because of the bug reported in the top of this post, I cannot overwrite the `INSTALL_HEADERS OFF` given to the `vtk_module_build` in the `paraview_add_plugin` function (_ParaViewPlugin.cmake_).  
How can I install the headers of my vtk modules in a given location when they are build by ParaView ?

PS: On the current master, I can overwrite this `INSTALL_HEADERS` options and things are working as expected, but I need my library to be compatible with the release.

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### Author: ![lhofmann](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/9e8a1a/32.png) [@lhofmann](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/lhofmann)
#### Post date: [October 8, 2019, 2:02pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/install-headers-for-vtk-modules-build-by-paraview-5-7-0/2721/2 "2019-10-08T14:02:19Z")

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You could define the variable `_paraview_add_plugin_MODULES_FILES` before the call to `paraview_add_plugin`, e.g.,

```auto
set(_paraview_add_plugin_MODULES_FILES TRUE)
paraview_add_plugin(...)

```

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### Author: ![Charles\_Gueunet](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/charles_gueunet/32/40_2.png) [@Charles\_Gueunet](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Charles_Gueunet)
#### Post date: [October 8, 2019, 4:09pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/install-headers-for-vtk-modules-build-by-paraview-5-7-0/2721/3 "2019-10-08T16:09:30Z")

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Right, that works well 🙂  
Certainly the simplest solution