# Maybe a MPI problem

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/maybe-a-mpi-problem/4847
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Tags:** vtk
**Created:** [July 15, 2020, 9:23am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/maybe-a-mpi-problem/4847 "2020-07-15T09:23:42Z")
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### Author: ![utkarsh.ayachit](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/utkarsh.ayachit/32/39_2.png) [@utkarsh.ayachit](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/utkarsh.ayachit)
#### Post date: [July 15, 2020, 10:51am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/maybe-a-mpi-problem/4847/2 "2020-07-15T10:51:35Z")

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You have to use the `mpiexec`/`mpirun` packaged in the ParaView bundle itself and not the one on your system. This will change in [5.9](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/leveraging-mpich-abi-compatibility-for-distributed-binaries/3441/16), but for 5.8 release, you have to use the one in the package.

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