# Unable to build INSTALL using VTK master on Visual Studio 2015

**URL:** https://discourse.vtk.org/t/unable-to-build-install-using-vtk-master-on-visual-studio-2015/98
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [January 22, 2019, 10:07pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/unable-to-build-install-using-vtk-master-on-visual-studio-2015/98 "2019-01-22T22:07:11Z")
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### Author: ![Donny\_Zimmerman](https://discourse.vtk.org/user_avatar/discourse.vtk.org/donny_zimmerman/32/301_2.png) [@Donny\_Zimmerman](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/Donny_Zimmerman)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2019, 10:07pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/unable-to-build-install-using-vtk-master-on-visual-studio-2015/98/1 "2019-01-22T22:07:11Z")

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I am getting the following error in Visual Studio 2015 when trying to build the INSTALL project generated by cmake:

CMake Error at Utilities/KWIML/cmake\_install.cmake:36 (file):  
101\> file cannot create directory:  
101\> C:/VTK/Projects/Master/Release/Libraries/share/licenses/VTK/VTK::kwiml.  
101\> Maybe need administrative privileges.

Obviously it won’t be able to create a file called “VTK::kwiml”. Does anyone know what may be causing this?

Thanks.

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### Author: ![amaclean](https://discourse.vtk.org/user_avatar/discourse.vtk.org/amaclean/32/224_2.png) [@amaclean](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/amaclean)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2019, 7:31am UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/unable-to-build-install-using-vtk-master-on-visual-studio-2015/98/2 "2019-01-23T07:31:19Z")

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You may want to open an issue here: [VTKIssues](https://gitlab.kitware.com/vtk/vtk/issues)

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### Author: ![Donny\_Zimmerman](https://discourse.vtk.org/user_avatar/discourse.vtk.org/donny_zimmerman/32/301_2.png) [@Donny\_Zimmerman](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/Donny_Zimmerman)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2019, 2:51pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/unable-to-build-install-using-vtk-master-on-visual-studio-2015/98/3 "2019-01-23T14:51:49Z")

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I have created an issue. Thanks!

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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: [January 23, 2019, 6:34pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/unable-to-build-install-using-vtk-master-on-visual-studio-2015/98/4 "2019-01-23T18:34:33Z")

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A fix for the mentioned issue should be this: [https://gitlab.kitware.com/vtk/vtk/merge\_requests/5094](https://gitlab.kitware.com/vtk/vtk/merge_requests/5094)

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### Author: ![Donny\_Zimmerman](https://discourse.vtk.org/user_avatar/discourse.vtk.org/donny_zimmerman/32/301_2.png) [@Donny\_Zimmerman](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/Donny_Zimmerman)
#### Post date: [January 24, 2019, 4:23pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/unable-to-build-install-using-vtk-master-on-visual-studio-2015/98/5 "2019-01-24T16:23:00Z")

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Thank You!
