# install paraview 6 on ubuntu 24.04 with wayland

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/install-paraview-6-on-ubuntu-24-04-with-wayland/17179
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Tags:** openfoam
**Created:** [September 10, 2025, 6:49pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/install-paraview-6-on-ubuntu-24-04-with-wayland/17179 "2025-09-10T18:49:46Z")
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### Author: ![cshl](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@cshl](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/cshl)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2025, 6:49pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/install-paraview-6-on-ubuntu-24-04-with-wayland/17179/1 "2025-09-10T18:49:46Z")

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Hi, I am trying to install and use paraview 6 on a new Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. I am using ParaView-6.0.0-MPI-Linux-Python3.12-x86\_64. A window opens, but it is all black. I am using wayland. The terminal says:

OSMesa not found. Fallback to bundled libOSMesa at /home/cshl/ParaView-6.0.0-MPI-Linux-Python3.12-x86\_64/bin/../lib/mesa

I have tried chatgpt, but it still thinks the newest version of paraview is 5.13.

Thanks!

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### Author: ![ben.boeckel](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@ben.boeckel](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/ben.boeckel)
#### Post date: [September 11, 2025, 4:34am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/install-paraview-6-on-ubuntu-24-04-with-wayland/17179/2 "2025-09-11T04:34:05Z")

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ParaView does not yet support Wayland natively. You’ll need to install Xwayland to provide ParaView an X server to communicate with.

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### Author: ![cshl](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@cshl](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/cshl)
#### Post date: [September 11, 2025, 12:08pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/install-paraview-6-on-ubuntu-24-04-with-wayland/17179/3 "2025-09-11T12:08:56Z")

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HI Ben, thanks for the reply. I have installed xwayland, and the problem persists. Any ideas on what else is causing my issue?

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### Author: ![cshl](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@cshl](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/cshl)
#### Post date: [September 11, 2025, 12:54pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/install-paraview-6-on-ubuntu-24-04-with-wayland/17179/4 "2025-09-11T12:54:30Z")

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I got it to work, with help of chatgpt. I am using xorg now. And I need to launch with following flags:  
LIBGL\_DRI3\_DISABLE=1 AMD\_DEBUG=nodcc mesa\_glthread=false QT\_QPA\_  
PLATFORM=xcb QT\_OPENGL=desktop QT\_XCB\_GL\_INTEGRATION=glx /home/cshl/ParaView-6  
.0.0-MPI-Linux-Python3.12-x86\_64/bin/paraview