# vtkSocketCommunicator errors: "Could not receive tag" and "Endian handshake failed"

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**Category:** ParaView Support\
**Tags:** vtk\
**Created:** [January 16, 2020, 1:31pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/vtksocketcommunicator-errors-could-not-receive-tag-and-endian-handshake-failed/3350 "2020-01-16T13:31:06Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 15, 2020, 9:29am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/vtksocketcommunicator-errors-could-not-receive-tag-and-endian-handshake-failed/3350/7 "2020-02-15T09:29:15Z")

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@ben.boeckel?

> [@cory.quammen](#):
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> The `--recusive` option just tells the VTK submodule to update its (currently one) submodule, VTK-m, which shouldn’t make a difference with regards to the client/server handshake. But that operation should be updated in the build instructions.

Reference is made to [https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview-superbuild/blob/master/README.md#building-a-specific-version](https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview-superbuild/blob/master/README.md#building-a-specific-version)

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