# Superbuild package with paraview-config?

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/superbuild-package-with-paraview-config/9115
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [March 4, 2022, 3:51pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/superbuild-package-with-paraview-config/9115 "2022-03-04T15:51:05Z")
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### Author: ![mirenradia](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/6bbea6/32.png) [@mirenradia](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mirenradia)
#### Post date: [March 4, 2022, 3:51pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/superbuild-package-with-paraview-config/9115/1 "2022-03-04T15:51:05Z")

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Does anyone know if it’s possible to generate a superbuild package of `paraviewsdk` that includes the `paraview-config` python script? I can’t see it in the `paraview_executables` list in the [`paraview.bundles.common.cmake`](https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview-superbuild/-/blob/5e485f8d8002950a4ad1085402b7874b5554aa06/projects/paraview.bundle.common.cmake#L35-L50) file in the superbuild repository.

I need this script in order to link my [non-CMake] simulation code with ParaView Catalyst and it would be much more convenient if I could create redistributable packages using the superbuild.

If it’s not currently possible, is there anything fundamental that’s stopping it from being included?

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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: [March 4, 2022, 3:51pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/superbuild-package-with-paraview-config/9115/2 "2022-03-04T15:51:39Z")

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@ben.boeckel

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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: [March 5, 2022, 11:39pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/superbuild-package-with-paraview-config/9115/3 "2022-03-05T23:39:33Z")

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Installing it seems fine. I don’t know if that variable is the right one, but it’d be a place to start at least.

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### Author: ![mirenradia](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/6bbea6/32.png) [@mirenradia](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mirenradia)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2022, 4:17pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/superbuild-package-with-paraview-config/9115/4 "2022-03-10T16:17:52Z")

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Hmm, I tried copying it into the `bin` subdirectory of the extracted package and it seems to give the correct flags but also provides lots of error messages because of the missing cmake config files for the dependent projects (e.g. nlohmannjson). Is there a way to remove these?