# paraview 5.6.0 linux build - cant open .plt file

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-5-6-0-linux-build-cant-open-plt-file/3148
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [December 9, 2019, 2:54pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-5-6-0-linux-build-cant-open-plt-file/3148 "2019-12-09T14:54:15Z")
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### Author: ![kmilo9999](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/cc9497/32.png) [@kmilo9999](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/kmilo9999)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2019, 2:54pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-5-6-0-linux-build-cant-open-plt-file/3148/1 "2019-12-09T14:54:15Z")

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Hi,

I have a paraview 5.6.0 built on linux, and I require to open a tecplot .plt file. However, it seems I dont have the corresponding reader installed. According to this [page](https://www.paraview.org/Wiki/VisIt_Database_Bridge) I have to rebuild paraview with the VISITBRIDGE flag enabled. However, its throwing me the following error on cmake configuration:

```
 CMake Error at VTK/CMake/vtkModuleTop.cmake:56 (message):
   No such module "vtkIOVisItBridge" needed by "vtkPVServerManagerApplication"
 Call Stack (most recent call first):
   VTK/CMake/vtkModuleTop.cmake:72 (vtk_module_check)
   VTK/CMake/vtkModuleTop.cmake:79 (vtk_module_check)
   VTK/CMakeLists.txt:95 (include)

```

I checked the list of available modules on the cmake list, but I dont see anything close to vtkIOVisItBridge.  
fyi, I did install python support for Paraview. just in case it’s relevant for this case.

Do you guys know what I am missing?

Thanks

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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 9, 2019, 3:08pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-5-6-0-linux-build-cant-open-plt-file/3148/2 "2019-12-09T15:08:42Z")

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Can you not use the release of ParaView ?  
It contains the visit bridge. [https://www.paraview.org/download/](https://www.paraview.org/download/)

In any case, the easiest way to build the visit bridge is to use the paraview superbuild :  
[https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview-superbuild](https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview-superbuild)

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### Author: ![kmilo9999](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/cc9497/32.png) [@kmilo9999](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/kmilo9999)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2019, 3:15pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-5-6-0-linux-build-cant-open-plt-file/3148/3 "2019-12-09T15:15:29Z")

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Thanks for the quick reply.

You mean,I should upgrade to the latest paraview release 5.7 ?

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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 9, 2019, 3:17pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-5-6-0-linux-build-cant-open-plt-file/3148/4 "2019-12-09T15:17:24Z")

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The VisitBridge is present in all our release since, at least, ParaView 4.4 afaik.

Upgrading to 5.7.0 is always good though.