# Unable to use paraview apt package

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/unable-to-use-paraview-apt-package/9812
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [June 14, 2022, 7:37pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/unable-to-use-paraview-apt-package/9812 "2022-06-14T19:37:12Z")
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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: [June 28, 2022, 8:23am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/unable-to-use-paraview-apt-package/9812/6 "2022-06-28T08:23:53Z")

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Seems fine to me. Could you check with pvpython like this:

> [@Recover OpenGL Informations from pvpython](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/recover-opengl-informations-from-pvpython/1536):
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> The OpenGL informations, visible in Help → About dialog, are not easily recoverable in pvpython yet. Here is how to do it. On ParaView 5.6 and earlier versions: import vtk as VTK openGLInfo=VTK.vtkPVOpenGLInformation() session=servermanager.vtkSMProxyManager.GetProxyManager().GetActiveSession() session.GatherInformation(session.CLIENT, openGLInfo, 0) openGLInfo.GetVendor() openGLInfo.GetVersion() openGLInfo.GetRenderer() openGLInfo.GetCapabilities() On ParaView 5.7.X : openGLInfo=serverman…

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