# ParaView 5.9.0-RC1 superbuild install issue with Python

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-5-9-0-rc1-superbuild-install-issue-with-python/5825
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [November 17, 2020, 6:32am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-5-9-0-rc1-superbuild-install-issue-with-python/5825 "2020-11-17T06:32:15Z")
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### Author: ![joeh](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/ce7236/32.png) [@joeh](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/joeh)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2020, 6:32am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-5-9-0-rc1-superbuild-install-issue-with-python/5825/1 "2020-11-17T06:32:15Z")

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When using the supebuild for ParaView 5.9.0-RC1 on Redhat 7.8  
there is an error when installing the superbuild built osmesa version, the installer is looking for python, python-config, and (maybe pydoc) but instead only has python3, python3-config, and pydoc3. A work around is to make the following symbolic links in the superbuild’s install bin directory

ln -s python3 python  
ln -s python3-config python-config  
ln -s pydoc3 pydoc

but this should either already be being done by the superbuild, or the install script should be changed to look for the versions with the number 3 in them.

Thanks,

Joe Hennessey

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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: [November 17, 2020, 7:50am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-5-9-0-rc1-superbuild-install-issue-with-python/5825/2 "2020-11-17T07:50:36Z")

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@ben.boeckel

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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: [November 17, 2020, 2:05pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-5-9-0-rc1-superbuild-install-issue-with-python/5825/3 "2020-11-17T14:05:28Z")

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We already handle the versions with “3” in them. I guess the version-less names seem to have disappeared though. Please see this thread: [Paraview 5.9.0-RCS superbuild configuration issue on Ubuntu 18.04](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-5-9-0-rcs-superbuild-configuration-issue-on-ubuntu-18-04/5789/4)