# Need for Help.There are some errors while configuring VTK 6.2.0 using RHEL8

**URL:** <https://discourse.vtk.org/t/need-for-help-there-are-some-errors-while-configuring-vtk-6-2-0-using-rhel8/2059>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [November 7, 2019, 5:28am UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/need-for-help-there-are-some-errors-while-configuring-vtk-6-2-0-using-rhel8/2059 "2019-11-07T05:28:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![Manasa](https://discourse.vtk.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/5fc32e/32.png) [@Manasa](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/Manasa)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2019, 5:28am UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/need-for-help-there-are-some-errors-while-configuring-vtk-6-2-0-using-rhel8/2059/1 "2019-11-07T05:28:52Z")

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While configuring and building VTK 6.2.0 using RHEL8 i am getting error in CMake like this:

```auto
CMake Error at CMake/vtkCompilerExtras.cmake:42 (if):
  if given arguments:

    "cc: error: ARGS: No such file or directory

  cc (GCC) 8.2.1 20180905 (Red Hat 8.2.1-3)

  Copyright (C) 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

  This is free software" " see the source for copying conditions. There is
  NO

  warranty" " not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
  PURPOSE.

  " "VERSION_GREATER" "4.2.0" "AND" "BUILD_SHARED_LIBS" "AND"
  "HAVE_GCC_VISIBILITY" "AND" "VTK_USE_GCC_VISIBILITY" "AND" "NOT" "MINGW"
  "AND" "NOT" "CYGWIN"

  Unknown arguments specified
Call Stack (most recent call first):
  CMakeLists.txt:264 (include)

Can you help to solve this error?
GCC version is 8.2.1
CMAKE version is 3.11.4
```

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**Author:** ![Dave\_DeMarle](https://discourse.vtk.org/user_avatar/discourse.vtk.org/dave_demarle/32/6_2.png) [@Dave\_DeMarle](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/Dave_DeMarle)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2019, 7:40pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/need-for-help-there-are-some-errors-while-configuring-vtk-6-2-0-using-rhel8/2059/2 "2019-11-07T19:40:04Z")

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I recommend either a newer VTK release (preferable) or an older cmake version.

VTK 6.2.0’s birthdate was Mar 3, 2015.