# Problem in building Paraview with superbuild on Linux os

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/problem-in-building-paraview-with-superbuild-on-linux-os/4956
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [July 25, 2020, 3:45pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/problem-in-building-paraview-with-superbuild-on-linux-os/4956 "2020-07-25T15:45:22Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![Superstarimage](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/977dab/32.png) [@Superstarimage](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Superstarimage)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2020, 3:45pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/problem-in-building-paraview-with-superbuild-on-linux-os/4956/1 "2020-07-25T15:45:22Z")

</div>

Dear All  
Hi, I am trying to build Paraview 5.8.0 on Linux os with superbuild. With the option mpi and qt5 on, I finally make the paraview sucessfully. Such as:  
 ![image](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/e/ee0d0dbc1ce4f44dee1f9156e7e91355216caaf8.png)  
But when I use the command [sudo make install], the Ubuntu os in the VMware suddenly become black screen. And then Ubuntu start to reboot. Before that, here are some outputs:

 ![image](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/c/cf2c587f708718c2bd583b3dbd605621105762b4.png)  
 ![image](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/b/b868704191f6355b20ff006107c604ec4cddba46.png)  
I am not sure what happened. Is there anyone meeting the same situation?  
Thank you all~

Youxin.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

### 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: [August 4, 2020, 1:16pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/problem-in-building-paraview-with-superbuild-on-linux-os/4956/2 "2020-08-04T13:16:47Z")

</div>

Do not use make install, instead use the packing test

`ctest -R pack`

Also, there is no reason to use sudo to make.