# ParaView with mingw64
**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-with-mingw64/11543
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [March 1, 2023, 12:54pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-with-mingw64/11543 "2023-03-01T12:54:38Z")
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### Author:  [@hamid\_badi](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/hamid_badi)
#### Post date: [March 1, 2023, 12:54pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-with-mingw64/11543/1 "2023-03-01T12:54:38Z")
Hello,
I want to compile paraview for msys2/mingw64. I surprise that paraview is not available as an official pacman package.
Is there a way to configure cmake in order to compile Paraview without compiling vtk and instead using the official vtk pacman package (otherwise vtk is very long to compile) ?
Best regards.
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [March 1, 2023, 1:02pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-with-mingw64/11543/2 "2023-03-01T13:02:58Z")
> [@hamid\_badi](#):
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> I surprise that paraview is not available as an official pacman package.
There is multiple PKGBUILD build for ParaView, especially in ArchLinux repositories. If your question is why there is no ParaView package in MSYS2, you should ask MSYS2: [Issues · msys2/MSYS2-packages · GitHub](https://github.com/msys2/MSYS2-packages/labels/package-request)
> Is there a way to configure cmake in order to compile Paraview without compiling vtk and instead using the official vtk pacman package (otherwise vtk is very long to compile) ?
No, but this has been requested for a while, see the tracking issue here:
[https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/-/issues/19515](https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/-/issues/19515)
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### Author:  [@hamid\_badi](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/hamid_badi)
#### Post date: [March 1, 2023, 1:45pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-with-mingw64/11543/3 "2023-03-01T13:45:54Z")
Thanks @mwestphal,
I just created an “idea” post in the msys2 github.
The problem seems to be already identified and not very easy to fix… I don’t know if @ben.boeckel can/want to modify the existing cmake files to be able to use an external vtk package.
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [March 1, 2023, 1:48pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-with-mingw64/11543/4 "2023-03-01T13:48:08Z")
This may happen but doing it properly require an extensive work, that require contribution of time and/or money.
> [@How are features and bug fixes incorporated into ParaView?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-are-features-and-bug-fixes-incorporated-into-paraview/4735):
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> As with all open source projects, adding features and fixing bugs takes developer effort. That effort may originate from volunteer community contributors, or through paid professional services offered by companies like [Kitware](https://www.kitware.com). Features and bug fixes are prioritized by the needs of contributing community members and by professional services customers. Note that contributions are vetted by a rigorous community review and testing process; therefore it is recommended that significant changes are d…