# Legacy VTK 9.01 Compatability:

**URL:** <https://discourse.vtk.org/t/legacy-vtk-9-01-compatability/12649>\
**Category:** Development\
**Tags:** code\
**Created:** [November 8, 2023, 3:17pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/legacy-vtk-9-01-compatability/12649 "2023-11-08T15:17:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![ramen\_newdals](https://discourse.vtk.org/user_avatar/discourse.vtk.org/ramen_newdals/32/7173_2.png) [@ramen\_newdals](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/ramen_newdals)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2023, 3:17pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/legacy-vtk-9-01-compatability/12649/1 "2023-11-08T15:17:23Z")

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Hello All, I have an old VTK based filter that I have working in VTK 9.2+, but when I deploy it to a system that only has VTK 9.0.1 I get the following build error:

```auto
error: no matching function for call to ‘vtkCellLinks::BuildLinks()’

```

I assume there is an equivalent method to build links in older versions I am just not familiar with it. Any insight to how older versions built links would be greatly appreciated to get this issue resolved.

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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 17, 2023, 4:06am UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/legacy-vtk-9-01-compatability/12649/2 "2023-11-17T04:06:29Z")

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VTK doesn’t have ABI stability, so to deploy to a 9.0-providing location, you’ll need to build against 9.0 as well.