# Unable to render .vtk files in paraview from Ubuntu
**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/unable-to-render-vtk-files-in-paraview-from-ubuntu/9056
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [February 24, 2022, 3:11pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/unable-to-render-vtk-files-in-paraview-from-ubuntu/9056 "2022-02-24T15:11:51Z")
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### Author:  [@\_JZ](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/_JZ)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2022, 3:11pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/unable-to-render-vtk-files-in-paraview-from-ubuntu/9056/1 "2022-02-24T15:11:51Z")
Hi,
I am a newbie to using paraview, especially when via Ubuntu… I am encountering a problem where I could not render the vtk files in the application as the RenderView screen remains grey or blank when the relevant file is applied.
I highly appreciate if any expert can share the solution or experience…
JZ
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2022, 3:16pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/unable-to-render-vtk-files-in-paraview-from-ubuntu/9056/2 "2022-02-24T15:16:50Z")
Welcome.
Please share a screenshot.
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### Author:  [@\_JZ](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/_JZ)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2022, 3:27pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/unable-to-render-vtk-files-in-paraview-from-ubuntu/9056/3 "2022-02-24T15:27:25Z")
Hi,
As you can see, the screen remains blank even though the file is applied
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2022, 3:34pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/unable-to-render-vtk-files-in-paraview-from-ubuntu/9056/4 "2022-02-24T15:34:51Z")
please share your data.
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### Author:  [@\_JZ](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/_JZ)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2022, 3:36pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/unable-to-render-vtk-files-in-paraview-from-ubuntu/9056/5 "2022-02-24T15:36:42Z")
hi
do you mean the vtk files?
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2022, 3:37pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/unable-to-render-vtk-files-in-paraview-from-ubuntu/9056/6 "2022-02-24T15:37:00Z")
yes
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### Author:  [@\_JZ](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/_JZ)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2022, 3:38pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/unable-to-render-vtk-files-in-paraview-from-ubuntu/9056/7 "2022-02-24T15:38:44Z")
[BUMP.0.0.cell.vtk](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/short-url/WSzsbb9QpXnljkjFgMYN5GOXqM.vtk) (132.2 KB)
Here you go.
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2022, 4:07pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/unable-to-render-vtk-files-in-paraview-from-ubuntu/9056/8 "2022-02-24T16:07:10Z")
Works great here, please use our binary release from:
[https://www.paraview.org/download/](https://www.paraview.org/download/)
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### Author:  [@\_JZ](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/_JZ)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2022, 5:07pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/unable-to-render-vtk-files-in-paraview-from-ubuntu/9056/9 "2022-02-24T17:07:13Z")
Hi,
I am glad that the problem is not on the file. What I did was sudo apt install paraview and when I used it the problem occurred. I will try downloading the linux zip file from the website you provided. Is there any guide for this?
JZ
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2022, 8:31am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/unable-to-render-vtk-files-in-paraview-from-ubuntu/9056/10 "2022-02-25T08:31:02Z")
Extract the archive and just run bin/paraview
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### Author:  [@\_JZ](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/_JZ)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2022, 9:57am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/unable-to-render-vtk-files-in-paraview-from-ubuntu/9056/11 "2022-02-25T09:57:19Z")
Hi,
Thank you so much for the guidance. What is the linux terminal command for it ? When I try to source run it, it doesn’t open…
JZ
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2022, 9:58am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/unable-to-render-vtk-files-in-paraview-from-ubuntu/9056/12 "2022-02-25T09:58:57Z")
./bin/paraview
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### Author:  [@\_JZ](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/_JZ)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2022, 10:04am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/unable-to-render-vtk-files-in-paraview-from-ubuntu/9056/13 "2022-02-25T10:04:09Z")
Thanks a lot