# install VTK ,missing liblzo2.so.2, even I had liblzo.so and .a in /usr/lib/x86\_64-linux-gnu

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**Created:** [November 3, 2021, 12:11pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/install-vtk-missing-liblzo2-so-2-even-i-had-liblzo-so-and-a-in-usr-lib-x86-64-linux-gnu/7055 "2021-11-03T12:11:03Z")
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### Author: ![user1](https://discourse.vtk.org/user_avatar/discourse.vtk.org/user1/32/4155_2.png) [@user1](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/user1)
#### Post date: [November 3, 2021, 12:11pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/install-vtk-missing-liblzo2-so-2-even-i-had-liblzo-so-and-a-in-usr-lib-x86-64-linux-gnu/7055/1 "2021-11-03T12:11:03Z")

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install VTK ,missing liblzo2.so.2, even I had liblzo.so and liblzo2.a in /usr/lib/x86\_64-linux-gnu;  
how to install liblzo2.so.2

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### Author: ![ben.boeckel](https://discourse.vtk.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@ben.boeckel](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/ben.boeckel)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2021, 9:08pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/install-vtk-missing-liblzo2-so-2-even-i-had-liblzo-so-and-a-in-usr-lib-x86-64-linux-gnu/7055/2 "2021-11-15T21:08:53Z")

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What is missing `liblzo2.so.2`? VTK doesn’t use it directly AFAIK. Do you have more context (such as the error message or the command which it comes from)?