# iparaview-kernel: paraview build from source or precompiled binaries?

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/iparaview-kernel-paraview-build-from-source-or-precompiled-binaries/17341
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Tags:** python
**Created:** [December 1, 2025, 10:10pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/iparaview-kernel-paraview-build-from-source-or-precompiled-binaries/17341 "2025-12-01T22:10:42Z")
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### Author: ![Turbinepilot](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@Turbinepilot](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Turbinepilot)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2025, 10:10pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/iparaview-kernel-paraview-build-from-source-or-precompiled-binaries/17341/1 "2025-12-01T22:10:42Z")

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Hello all,

I am attempting to setup iparaview-kernel for use on Windows.

Does the iparaview-kernel ([https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/plugins/iparaview-kernel](https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/plugins/iparaview-kernel)) require paraview to be built from source or can I install a prebuilt installation from [https://www.paraview.org/download/](https://www.paraview.org/download/)?

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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: [December 2, 2025, 9:00am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/iparaview-kernel-paraview-build-from-source-or-precompiled-binaries/17341/2 "2025-12-02T09:00:47Z")

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> find\_package(ParaView REQUIRED)

To build the plugin from source, you indeed need to build ParaView yourself.

If you are interested by a version that works with the binary release of ParaView, please reach out to Kitware: [https://kitware.com](https://kitware.com)