# Issues installing Paraview

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/issues-installing-paraview/14357
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [April 7, 2024, 1:56pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/issues-installing-paraview/14357 "2024-04-07T13:56:51Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![Ali\_Abbas](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/ali_abbas/32/13703_2.png) [@Ali\_Abbas](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Ali_Abbas)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2024, 1:56pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/issues-installing-paraview/14357/1 "2024-04-07T13:56:52Z")

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Hello, I have been following this guide: [https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/-/blob/master/Documentation/dev/build.md#windows](https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/-/blob/master/Documentation/dev/build.md#windows) to install paraview on my Microsoft Surface Pro 9 running windows 11. I’m have VS 2022 instead of VS 2019 and installed this QT version [Qt Visual Studio Tools - Visual Studio Marketplace](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=TheQtCompany.QtVisualStudioTools2022). Upon running the build command this is the error I’m getting. I’m not sure how to proceed forward.

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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: [April 7, 2024, 2:13pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/issues-installing-paraview/14357/2 "2024-04-07T14:13:18Z")

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You seem to be lacking the SDK and/or suitable build tools (the `rc.exe` binary to be precise).

However, building may be unnecessary unless you need something specific. Is there a reason [the official builds](https://www.paraview.org/download/) are insufficient?

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### Author: ![Ali\_Abbas](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/ali_abbas/32/13703_2.png) [@Ali\_Abbas](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Ali_Abbas)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2024, 2:22pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/issues-installing-paraview/14357/3 "2024-04-07T14:22:46Z")

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So do I need to just download and install rc?

How can I use it from the official build? I’ve downloaded it but don’t I need to build it also?

I’m mainly using it to read my outputs in the vtp format.

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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: [April 7, 2024, 3:18pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/issues-installing-paraview/14357/4 "2024-04-07T15:18:12Z")

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You can download 5.12.0’s `.zip` package. Once you extract it, just run `bin/paraview.exe` in the extracted tarball. Alternatively, use the `.msi` installer and you’ll get Start Menu entries for it.