# Paraview 5.9.0-RCS superbuild configuration issue on Ubuntu 18.04
**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-5-9-0-rcs-superbuild-configuration-issue-on-ubuntu-18-04/5789
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [November 13, 2020, 2:28am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-5-9-0-rcs-superbuild-configuration-issue-on-ubuntu-18-04/5789 "2020-11-13T02:28:27Z")
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### Author:  [@Nicholas\_Yue](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Nicholas_Yue)
#### Post date: [November 13, 2020, 2:28am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-5-9-0-rcs-superbuild-configuration-issue-on-ubuntu-18-04/5789/1 "2020-11-13T02:28:27Z")
– Determined source version for paraview: 5.9.0-RC1
– Enabling cxx11 as requested.
– Enabling nlohmannjson as requested.
– Enabling python for: pybind11
– Enabling paraview as requested.
– Enabling paraviewsdk as requested.
– Enabling pybind11 as requested.
– Building projects: cxx11, nlohmannjson, python, paraview, paraviewsdk, pybind11
CMake Error at superbuild/projects/python.cmake:2 (message):
Python is enabled, but neither Python2 nor Python3 has been enabled.
Call Stack (most recent call first):
superbuild/cmake/SuperbuildMacros.cmake:977 (include)
superbuild/CMakeLists.txt:155 (superbuild\_process\_dependencies)
– Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
See also “/data2/nyue/projects/Paraview/superbuild/sdk-build/CMakeFiles/CMakeOutput.log”.
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cmake
-D ENABLE\_paraviewsdk=ON
-D ENABLE\_paraview=ON
-D CMAKE\_BUILD\_TYPE=Release
-D CMAKE\_INSTALL\_PREFIX=$HOME/systems/paraview/v5.9.0-RC1-sdk
-G “Ninja”
…/paraview-superbuild
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I have been building various version from 5.6.x to 5.8.x with no problem.
Cheers
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [November 13, 2020, 8:52am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-5-9-0-rcs-superbuild-configuration-issue-on-ubuntu-18-04/5789/2 "2020-11-13T08:52:53Z")
`-D ENABLE_python3`
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### Author:  [@Nicholas\_Yue](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Nicholas_Yue)
#### Post date: [November 13, 2020, 7:16pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-5-9-0-rcs-superbuild-configuration-issue-on-ubuntu-18-04/5789/3 "2020-11-13T19:16:10Z")
Thanks Mathieu, that fixes the build.
Now when I perform the installation, there is an error as the build script is looking to install python instead of python3
– Installing: /home/nyue/systems/paraview/v5.9.0-RC1-sdk/bin/python3.8-config
– Installing: /home/nyue/systems/paraview/v5.9.0-RC1-sdk/bin/python3
– Installing: /home/nyue/systems/paraview/v5.9.0-RC1-sdk/bin/python3-config
CMake Error at cmake\_install.cmake:1836 (file):
file INSTALL cannot find
“/home/nyue/projects/Paraview/superbuild/sdk-build/install/bin/python”: No
such file or directory.
Makefile:104: recipe for target ‘install’ failed
make: \*\*\* [install] Error 1
CMake Error at superbuild/cmake\_install.cmake:66 (message):
Failed to install the paraviewsdk/TGZ package.
Call Stack (most recent call first):
cmake\_install.cmake:47 (include)
FAILED: CMakeFiles/install.util
cd /home/nyue/projects/Paraview/superbuild/sdk-build && /home/nyue/systems/cmake/cmake-3.18.0-Linux-x86\_64/bin/cmake -P cmake\_install.cmake
ninja: build stopped: subcommand failed.
nyue@head0:~/projects/Paraview/superbuild/sdk-build$ ls /home/nyue/projects/Paraview/superbuild/sdk-build/install/bin/p\*
/home/nyue/projects/Paraview/superbuild/sdk-build/install/bin/paraview.conf /home/nyue/projects/Paraview/superbuild/sdk-build/install/bin/pvrenderserver
/home/nyue/projects/Paraview/superbuild/sdk-build/install/bin/paraview-config /home/nyue/projects/Paraview/superbuild/sdk-build/install/bin/pvserver
/home/nyue/projects/Paraview/superbuild/sdk-build/install/bin/pip3 /home/nyue/projects/Paraview/superbuild/sdk-build/install/bin/pydoc3
/home/nyue/projects/Paraview/superbuild/sdk-build/install/bin/pip3.8 /home/nyue/projects/Paraview/superbuild/sdk-build/install/bin/pydoc3.8
/home/nyue/projects/Paraview/superbuild/sdk-build/install/bin/pngfix /home/nyue/projects/Paraview/superbuild/sdk-build/install/bin/python3
/home/nyue/projects/Paraview/superbuild/sdk-build/install/bin/png-fix-itxt /home/nyue/projects/Paraview/superbuild/sdk-build/install/bin/python3.8
/home/nyue/projects/Paraview/superbuild/sdk-build/install/bin/pvbatch /home/nyue/projects/Paraview/superbuild/sdk-build/install/bin/python3.8-config
/home/nyue/projects/Paraview/superbuild/sdk-build/install/bin/pvdataserver /home/nyue/projects/Paraview/superbuild/sdk-build/install/bin/python3-config
/home/nyue/projects/Paraview/superbuild/sdk-build/install/bin/pvpython
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### Author:  [@ben.boeckel](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/ben.boeckel)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2020, 2:19pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-5-9-0-rcs-superbuild-configuration-issue-on-ubuntu-18-04/5789/4 "2020-11-15T14:19:55Z")
It seems we have another bitrot in `paraviewsdk`. Try commenting out this line:
```auto
"${superbuild_install_location}/bin/python"
```
in `projects/unix/paraviewsdk.bundle.cmake` (line 48-ish). The following `python-config` line may also need to disappear.
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### Author:  [@ben.boeckel](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/ben.boeckel)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2020, 8:53pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-5-9-0-rcs-superbuild-configuration-issue-on-ubuntu-18-04/5789/5 "2020-11-20T20:53:27Z")
I’ve submitted a fix here: [https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview-superbuild/-/merge\_requests/801](https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview-superbuild/-/merge_requests/801)