# Paraview debug build does not work

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-debug-build-does-not-work/13816
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [January 29, 2024, 1:47pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-debug-build-does-not-work/13816 "2024-01-29T13:47:16Z")
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### Author: ![joint](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/dc4da7/32.png) [@joint](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/joint)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2024, 1:47pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-debug-build-does-not-work/13816/1 "2024-01-29T13:47:16Z")

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Calling Python code from Paraview

> ModuleNotFoundError: No module named ‘\_paraview\_modules\_static’

In Paraview debug build 5.9  
What could be the reason?

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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: [January 29, 2024, 1:52pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-debug-build-does-not-work/13816/2 "2024-01-29T13:52:58Z")

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Please try with ParaView 5.12-RC2 or even master.

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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: [February 7, 2024, 2:03pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-debug-build-does-not-work/13816/3 "2024-02-07T14:03:56Z")

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This means that `import paraview` failed. There’s a fallback built-in for the static build to do its thing, but that’s just going to fail on a shared build. Trying a newer release would be good unless there’s a specific need for 5.9 (as it is out of support).