# running ParaView in virtual machine
**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/running-paraview-in-virtual-machine/2624
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [September 25, 2019, 2:55pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/running-paraview-in-virtual-machine/2624 "2019-09-25T14:55:29Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@ftoth](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/ftoth)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2019, 2:55pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/running-paraview-in-virtual-machine/2624/1 "2019-09-25T14:55:29Z")
Hi,
I’ve been using ParaView frequently in virtual machines without hardware OpenGL available. This worked fine using the --mesa options. Unfortunately they are broken in the 5.6.1 and 5.6.2 releases, and seem to bet not available at all for the latest 5.7.0-RC4.
The same problems applies to working on remote servers e.g. via x2go. I’m aware of pvserver, which is great for some use cases, but often x2go is more convenient for our users.
How can a recent ParaView be used in a VM? Is --mesa still supported? Is there a replacement?
Best regards,
Florian
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### Author:  [@cory.quammen](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/cory.quammen)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2019, 3:40pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/running-paraview-in-virtual-machine/2624/2 "2019-09-25T15:40:00Z")
In ParaView 5.7.0, there is a new way to run with the mesa libraries.
Run
`paraview-mesa paraview`
You can also add a `--backend` argument to specify whether `llvmpipe` and `swr` is used for rendering.
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### Author:  [@cory.quammen](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/cory.quammen)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2019, 9:03pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/running-paraview-in-virtual-machine/2624/4 "2019-09-25T21:03:15Z")
Christo,
Please refrain from posting questions on unrelated posts. That just makes the conversation harder to follow.
Feel free to reply to your original post (which I couldn’t find) requesting help again.
Cory
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### Author:  [@cory.quammen](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/cory.quammen)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2019, 9:16pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/running-paraview-in-virtual-machine/2624/6 "2019-09-25T21:16:14Z")
Yes, please.
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### Author:  [@ftoth](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/ftoth)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2019, 2:42pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/running-paraview-in-virtual-machine/2624/7 "2019-09-26T14:42:09Z")
excellent, works perfectly. Thanks a lot for the info!