[30/21172] Generating documentation for SLACTools_doc
FAILED: Plugins/SLACTools/paraview_help/SLACTools_doc.xslt /home/user/appimages/paraview_build/Plugins/SLACTools/paraview_help/SLACTools_doc.xslt
cd /home/user/appimages/paraview_build/Plugins/SLACTools/paraview_help && /usr/bin/cmake -Dxmlpatterns=/usr/bin/xmlpatterns -Doutput_dir=/home/user/appimages/paraview_build/Plugins/SLACTools/paraview_help -Doutput_file=/home/user/appimages/paraview_build/Plugins/SLACTools/paraview_help/SLACTools_doc.xslt -Dxmls_file=/home/user/appimages/paraview_build/Plugins/SLACTools/CMakeFiles/SLACTools_doc-xmls.txt -D_paraview_generate_proxy_documentation_run=ON -P /home/user/appimages/paraview/CMake/ParaViewClient.cmake
CMake Error at /home/user/appimages/paraview/CMake/ParaViewClient.cmake:592 (message):
Failed to convert servermanager XML: xmlpatterns: could not find a Qt
installation of ‘’
[39/21172] Building CXX object VTK/Filters/Sources/CMakeFiles/FiltersSources.dir/vtkPartitionedDataSetCollectionSource.cxx.o
ninja: build stopped: subcommand failed.
As the system installation of Qt5 didn’t work, I installed Qt5 from sources. Then I add a flag to cmake to specify the new installation of Qt5: -DQt5_DIR=/home/user/appimages/qt5_build/5.11.3/gcc_64/lib/cmake/Qt5.
However, a quick look at the cmake-gui (screenshot below) shows that some Qt5 flags point to the new path, but the Qt5_DIR and Qt5Svg_DIR still point to the system installation.
Thank you for your response. I included the flag -DPARAVIEW_PLUGIN_ENABLE_SLACTools=0, but I still receive the same error. Are there any other plugins that I should disable?
[16788/21140] Generating documentation for AcceleratedAlgorithms_doc
FAILED: Plugins/AcceleratedAlgorithms/paraview_help/AcceleratedAlgorithms_doc.xslt /home/kiran/appimages/paraview_build/Plugins/AcceleratedAlgorithms/paraview_help/AcceleratedAlgorithms_doc.xslt
cd /home/kiran/appimages/paraview_build/Plugins/AcceleratedAlgorithms/paraview_help && /usr/bin/cmake -Dxmlpatterns=/usr/bin/xmlpatterns -Doutput_dir=/home/kiran/appimages/paraview_build/Plugins/AcceleratedAlgorithms/paraview_help -Doutput_file=/home/kiran/appimages/paraview_build/Plugins/AcceleratedAlgorithms/paraview_help/AcceleratedAlgorithms_doc.xslt -Dxmls_file=/home/kiran/appimages/paraview_build/Plugins/AcceleratedAlgorithms/CMakeFiles/AcceleratedAlgorithms_doc-xmls.txt -D_paraview_generate_proxy_documentation_run=ON -P /home/kiran/appimages/paraview/CMake/ParaViewClient.cmake
CMake Error at /home/kiran/appimages/paraview/CMake/ParaViewClient.cmake:592 (message):
Failed to convert servermanager XML: xmlpatterns: could not find a Qt
installation of ‘’
[16789/21140] Generating documentation for AnalyzeNIfTIReaderWriter_doc
FAILED: Plugins/AnalyzeNIfTIReaderWriter/paraview_help/AnalyzeNIfTIReaderWriter_doc.xslt /home/kiran/appimages/paraview_build/Plugins/AnalyzeNIfTIReaderWriter/paraview_help/AnalyzeNIfTIReaderWriter_doc.xslt
cd /home/kiran/appimages/paraview_build/Plugins/AnalyzeNIfTIReaderWriter/paraview_help && /usr/bin/cmake -Dxmlpatterns=/usr/bin/xmlpatterns -Doutput_dir=/home/kiran/appimages/paraview_build/Plugins/AnalyzeNIfTIReaderWriter/paraview_help -Doutput_file=/home/kiran/appimages/paraview_build/Plugins/AnalyzeNIfTIReaderWriter/paraview_help/AnalyzeNIfTIReaderWriter_doc.xslt -Dxmls_file=/home/kiran/appimages/paraview_build/Plugins/AnalyzeNIfTIReaderWriter/CMakeFiles/AnalyzeNIfTIReaderWriter_doc-xmls.txt -D_paraview_generate_proxy_documentation_run=ON -P /home/kiran/appimages/paraview/CMake/ParaViewClient.cmake
CMake Error at /home/kiran/appimages/paraview/CMake/ParaViewClient.cmake:592 (message):
Failed to convert servermanager XML: xmlpatterns: could not find a Qt
installation of ‘’
[16797/21140] Building CXX object VTK/ThirdParty/vtkm/vtkvtkm/vtk-m/vtkm/filter/contour/CMakeFiles/vtkm_filter_contour.dir/Contour.cxx.o
ninja: build stopped: subcommand failed.
That’s because I was trying a Qt built from sources in order to remove this error (as I mentioned in my question). Since, it didn’t work, I am now using the system Qt entirely, but still have the error
Definitely not trivial for anyone not familiar with CMake. Do not hesitate to reach out to Kitware for professional support if needed. https://www.kitware.eu/get-support/