# Where to put example visualization files?

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/where-to-put-example-visualization-files/6753
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [March 21, 2021, 6:07am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/where-to-put-example-visualization-files/6753 "2021-03-21T06:07:40Z")
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### Author: ![Andythe\_great](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/andythe_great/32/6126_2.png) [@Andythe\_great](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Andythe_great)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2021, 6:07am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/where-to-put-example-visualization-files/6753/1 "2021-03-21T06:07:41Z")

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Hello,

I want to bundle example visualization examples to Paraview.

I download ParaViewTestingDataFiles-v5.9.0.tar.gz.  
I unpack everything to share/paraview-5.9/examples.  
However, it error looking for disk\_out\_ref.ex2 in /examples. So I copy everything in /share/paraview-5.9/examples/Testing/Data/\* and put it to /share/paraview-5.9/examples  
Paraview now able to see and open the example visualizations.

My question is, is it the correct way to do this?  
What about ParaViewTestingDataStore-v5.9.0.tar.gz? Where should I put it?  
What about Clients, Plugins, Remoting, and VTKExtensions folder in ParaViewTestingDataFiles? Where should I put them?

I’m am Flatpaking Paraview, I want to bundle the examples.

> [@I Flatpak Paraview, any thought?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/i-flatpak-paraview-any-thought/6698):
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> Hello, I create Flatpak for Paraview. Flatpak is a packaging and distributing desktop software on Linux. [https://www.flatpak.org/](https://www.flatpak.org/) I would like it to be submit to Flathub, an app store for Flatpak apps. Many Linux distros supported Flatpak. So I think it would be beneficial to package large software like Paraview into Flatpak, it will make installing quick and easy. [https://flathub.org/home](https://flathub.org/home) This is what I have been working on so far. I does build and runใ I encounter a graphical issue. T…

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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 22, 2021, 11:38am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/where-to-put-example-visualization-files/6753/2 "2021-03-22T11:38:37Z")

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> [@Andythe\_great](#):
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> My question is, is it the correct way to do this?

Put the needed data in `/share/paraview-5.8/examples`

```
share/paraview-5.8/examples]$ ls
can.ex2 disk_out_ref.ex2 headsq.vti

```

The rest is related to testing, which you may not want in your flatpak.