# Paraview compilation error (for plugin development on windows)
**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-compilation-error-for-plugin-development-on-windows/134
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [June 8, 2018, 12:40pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-compilation-error-for-plugin-development-on-windows/134 "2018-06-08T12:40:02Z")
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### Author:  [@wil](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/wil)
#### Post date: [June 8, 2018, 12:40pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-compilation-error-for-plugin-development-on-windows/134/1 "2018-06-08T12:40:03Z")
Hi,
Here is the process step by step I apply for compiling paraview :
>
I open Visual studio 2017 terminal x86
I start cmake-gui from the terminal
I put Paraview-v5.5.1 sources (downloaded here [https://www.paraview.org/download/](https://www.paraview.org/download/)) path on the first field
I put the directory created for the build on the second field
I click on configure
I choose Visual Studio 15 2017 generator for the project
When the red window appears:
I let default Paraview settings checked:
- Build\_shared\_libs
- paraview\_build\_qt\_gui
- paraview\_enable\_catalyst (I dont know what is this for)
- paraview\_use\_vtkm
- vtk\_group\_paraviewcore
- vtk\_group\_paraviewRendering
I put QT\_DIR path (QT 5.9 msvc2015)
I click on configure again
just 1 cmake warning :
"
For input:
‘${\_qt5\_install\_prefix}/Qt5@module@/Qt5@module@Config.cmake’
the old evaluation rules produce:
‘C:/QT2/5.9/msvc2015/lib/cmake/Qt5/Qt5Config.cmake’
but the new evaluation rules produce:
‘C:/QT2/5.9/msvc2015/lib/cmake/Qt5@module@/Qt5@module@Config.cmake’
Using the old result for compatibility since the policy is not set.
"
I click on Generate when configuring done
Then I launch paraview generated solution : Paraview.sln
I generate ALL\_BUILD on debug win\_32 platform
At the end, 388 generation succeed and 33 failed
The error that appears multiple times :
can’t open file '…..\lib\Debug\vtkPVServerManagerRendering-pv5.5.lib
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using ninja :
I set path of paraview source + path of build directory
I click on configure
I choose ninja configuration (ninja latest version)
When the red window appears:
I let default Paraview settings checked
I put QT\_DIR path (QT 5.9 msvc2015)
I click on configure again
cmake warning
I click on Generate when configuring done
I go to paraview build directory on the terminal
I launch generation with the command: ninja
The generation ends with :
"
ADF\_internals.c.obj : error LNK2019: unreasolved external symbol \_open64 in the function \_vtkcgns\_ADFI\_open\_file
bin\vtkcgns-pv5.5.dll : fatal error LNK1120: 1 non resolved external
Linking CXX shared library bin\vtkInteractionImage-pv5.5.dll
creation of the lib lib\vtkInteractionImage-pv5.5.lib and lib\vtkInteractionImage-pv5.5.exp
creation of the lib lib\vtkInteractionImage-pv5.5.lib and lib\vtkInteractionImage-pv5.5.exp
Linking CXX shared library bin\vtkAcceleratorsVTKm-PV5.5.dll
creation of the lib lib\vtkAcceleratorsVTKm-PV5.5.lib and lib\vtkAcceleratorsVTKm-PV5.5.exp
creation of the lib lib\vtkAcceleratorsVTKm-PV5.5.lib and lib\vtkAcceleratorsVTKm-PV5.5.exp
ninja: build stopped: subcommand failed.
"
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### Author:  [@shawn.waldon](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/shawn.waldon)
#### Post date: [June 11, 2018, 1:55pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-compilation-error-for-plugin-development-on-windows/134/2 "2018-06-11T13:55:19Z")
> [@wil](#):
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> just 1 cmake warning :
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> "
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> For input:
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> ‘${\_qt5\_install\_prefix}/Qt5@module@/Qt5@module@Config.cmake’
>
> the old evaluation rules produce:
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> ‘C:/QT2/5.9/msvc2015/lib/cmake/Qt5/Qt5Config.cmake’
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> but the new evaluation rules produce:
>
> ‘C:/QT2/5.9/msvc2015/lib/cmake/Qt5@module@/Qt5@module@Config.cmake’
>
> Using the old result for compatibility since the policy is not set.
>
> "
You can ignore this. It is a warning and doesn’t break anything. It is fixed in Qt 5.10 or 5.11.
> [@wil](#):
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> The error that appears multiple times :
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> can’t open file '…\lib\Debug\vtkPVServerManagerRendering-pv5.5.lib
Look for vtkPVServerManagerRendering in the list of projects in the solution and try to build just that project. See what goes wrong. If it succeeds then try the ALL\_BUILD again, maybe some dependency info was missing. If it fails then post that error message (which is causing the others).
I’m not sure about your ninja build’s error…
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### Author:  [@wil](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/wil)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2018, 8:28am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-compilation-error-for-plugin-development-on-windows/134/3 "2018-06-12T08:28:03Z")
When I build only vtkPVServerManagerRendering I get this error :
> ‘… \ … \ … \ bin \ Debug \ vtkkwProcessXML-pv5.5.exe’ is not recognized as an internal command 1\> or external, an executable program or a batch file.