# Installing paraview on Ubuntu

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/installing-paraview-on-ubuntu/6201
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [January 11, 2021, 2:50pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/installing-paraview-on-ubuntu/6201 "2021-01-11T14:50:37Z")
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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: [January 11, 2021, 3:20pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/installing-paraview-on-ubuntu/6201/8 "2021-01-11T15:20:10Z")

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> [@xming and paraview](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/xming-and-paraview/3168):
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> Hello, when I type paraview on ubuntu, paraview do not open and I have the following message ‘’‘paraview and xming are not connected.’’’ Could you give me your advice,please? I appreciate your kind help.

Long story short, use ParaView for windows.

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