# MacOS - paraFoam; could not load the platform plugin xcb

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/macos-parafoam-could-not-load-the-platform-plugin-xcb/14371
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [April 9, 2024, 4:41pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/macos-parafoam-could-not-load-the-platform-plugin-xcb/14371 "2024-04-09T16:41:25Z")
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### Author: ![coopsido](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@coopsido](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/coopsido)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2024, 4:41pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/macos-parafoam-could-not-load-the-platform-plugin-xcb/14371/1 "2024-04-09T16:41:25Z")

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Hello, I have recently begun learning openFoam, and have downloaded the latest versions of all software as specified by the installation instructions. All is working properly, except when I call paraFoam, my mac tells me:

" qt.qpa.plugin: Could not load the Qt platform plugin “xcb” in " " even though it was found. This application failed to start because no Qt platform plugin could be initialized. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem.

Available platform plugins are: eglfs, linuxb, minimal, minimalegl, offscreen, vnc, xcb."

I see that this is a fairly common issue, fixed on linux by running the “libxcb-x11” command. But I have not been able to find a similar fix for mac. Anyone have any solution? Thank you very much.

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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: [April 15, 2024, 2:39pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/macos-parafoam-could-not-load-the-platform-plugin-xcb/14371/2 "2024-04-15T14:39:35Z")

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Please try with ParaView binary release from [https://paraview.org/download](https://paraview.org/download)