# Compiling VTK in virtual environment

**URL:** https://discourse.vtk.org/t/compiling-vtk-in-virtual-environment/4302
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [September 25, 2020, 6:23pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/compiling-vtk-in-virtual-environment/4302 "2020-09-25T18:23:56Z")
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### Author: ![daluke](https://discourse.vtk.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@daluke](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/daluke)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2020, 6:23pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/compiling-vtk-in-virtual-environment/4302/1 "2020-09-25T18:23:56Z")

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I have some trouble compiling VTK (8.9) using a conda virtual environment.  
While trying to run make, ld cannot find some important shared libraries

`/usr/bin/ld: cannot find /lib/libc.so.6 /usr/bin/ld: cannot find /usr/lib/libc_nonshared.a /usr/bin/ld: cannot find /lib/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 `

I tried setting CMAKE\_SYSROOT to the `~/miniconda3/x86_64-conda_cos6-linux-gnu/sysroot/` directory where these files are located. Since that basic attempt hasnt worked I feel I’m in over my head.

Any help?