# paraview pvESSI plug
**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-pvessi-plug/13314
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [November 23, 2023, 11:48am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-pvessi-plug/13314 "2023-11-23T11:48:14Z")
**Posts on this page:** 13
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### Author:  [@DongHyunLEE](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/DongHyunLEE)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2023, 11:48am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-pvessi-plug/13314/1 "2023-11-23T11:48:14Z")
Hellow.
I downloaded and built paraview 5.10.1 source version on Ubuntu 22.04LTS. The plug-in I want to use is listed on github, and I installed it as instructed, but it does not install.
> **[GitHub - SumeetSinha/pvESSI: It is plugin for visualizing the output of Real...](https://github.com/SumeetSinha/pvESSI#readme)**
>
> It is plugin for visualizing the output of Real ESSI Simulator System (http://real-essi.info/), a 3D finite element program specifically developed for high fidelity modeling and simulation of Earth...
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [November 24, 2023, 8:42am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-pvessi-plug/13314/2 "2023-11-24T08:42:01Z")
```auto
Installation
Currently, the plugin is not distributable type. There are two ways to install the plugin. First (A), is to build the plugin along with the paraview source and the other method (B) is to build the plugin externally and then integrate with paraview. The second option assumes that paraview is already build fro source into the system. For both ways, the steps are documented below. Although both ways require paraview to be present, it is encouraged to build pvESSI along with paraview source.
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How do you install it ? A or B ?
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### Author:  [@DongHyunLEE](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/DongHyunLEE)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2023, 4:57am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-pvessi-plug/13314/3 "2023-11-27T04:57:58Z")
I’m going to do it in method A. 🙂
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2023, 8:06am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-pvessi-plug/13314/4 "2023-11-27T08:06:59Z")
I’d not recommend it but as you see fit. Are you able to compile ParaView already ?
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### Author:  [@DongHyunLEE](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/DongHyunLEE)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2023, 10:30am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-pvessi-plug/13314/5 "2023-11-27T10:30:55Z")
I don’t know how to do it well…
I also received the Paraview source and built it using cmkae and make. However, during the process of building Paraview, not all plugs in the source files are built…
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2023, 10:31am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-pvessi-plug/13314/6 "2023-11-27T10:31:45Z")
> [@DongHyunLEE](#):
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> However, during the process of building Paraview, not all plugs in the source files are built…
You need to enable them probably.
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### Author:  [@DongHyunLEE](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/DongHyunLEE)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2023, 10:33am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-pvessi-plug/13314/7 "2023-11-27T10:33:59Z")
May I know how to activate it?
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2023, 10:35am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-pvessi-plug/13314/8 "2023-11-27T10:35:25Z")
Using ccmake, cmake-gui, cmake…
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### Author:  [@DongHyunLEE](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/DongHyunLEE)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2023, 10:38am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-pvessi-plug/13314/9 "2023-11-27T10:38:48Z")
It’s only been 2 weeks since I started using Ubuntu, so I don’t know much. 🥲
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2023, 10:42am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-pvessi-plug/13314/10 "2023-11-27T10:42:53Z")
I suggest using `ccmake` and look for the plugin related options.
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### Author:  [@DongHyunLEE](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/DongHyunLEE)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2023, 10:48am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-pvessi-plug/13314/11 "2023-11-27T10:48:41Z")
```auto
cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.8)
include(GNUInstallDirs)
set(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS ON)
find_package(ParaView REQUIRED)
paraview_plugin_scan(
PLUGIN_FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/Plugin/paraview.plugin"
PROVIDES_PLUGINS plugins
ENABLE_BY_DEFAULT ON)
paraview_plugin_build(
PLUGINS ${plugins})
```
Is it okay to modify cmakelist in the plug file?
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2023, 12:48pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-pvessi-plug/13314/12 "2023-11-27T12:48:01Z")
No, this is not the recommended way.
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2024, 2:56pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-pvessi-plug/13314/13 "2024-06-19T14:56:37Z")
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