# Does libvtkCommon.a libvtkIO.a exist in version from 7.1 to 9.x on linux?

**URL:** https://discourse.vtk.org/t/does-libvtkcommon-a-libvtkio-a-exist-in-version-from-7-1-to-9-x-on-linux/4626
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [November 11, 2020, 10:26am UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/does-libvtkcommon-a-libvtkio-a-exist-in-version-from-7-1-to-9-x-on-linux/4626 "2020-11-11T10:26:36Z")
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### Author: ![caikk](https://discourse.vtk.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@caikk](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/caikk)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2020, 10:26am UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/does-libvtkcommon-a-libvtkio-a-exist-in-version-from-7-1-to-9-x-on-linux/4626/1 "2020-11-11T10:26:36Z")

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I am a new user of VTK. When I installed a vtk from source code, both libvtkCommon.a and libvtkIO.a did not exist even using ccmake with a option “BUILD\_SHARED\_LIBS OFF”. There are lots of static lib files with name libvtkCommon\*.a except libvtkCommon.a.

I met these problems with version 6.3, 7.1, 9.0.1 on a xubuntu 20.04. Any suggestion?

Thanks very much.

Weicai

PS: The whole procedure of vtk installation I used is listing as follows:

1. download a tar ball of VTK-9.0.1.tar.gz;
2. extract files and make a subfolder “build”;
3. sudo apt-get install cmake-curses-gui  
sudo apt-get install freeglut3-dev
4. cd build  
ccmake …  
with options  
BUILD\_SHARED\_LIBS = OFF  
BUILD\_TESTING = OFF  
CMAKE\_BUILD\_TYPE = Release  
CMAKE\_INSTALL\_PREFIX = /home/kk/local
5. 

```
cmake .

```

make  
make install
6. all lib. files are in folder “/home/kk/local/lib”
7. gcc version 9.3.0