# VTK for begineer user.
**URL:** https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtk-for-begineer-user/4264
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [September 21, 2020, 10:32am UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtk-for-begineer-user/4264 "2020-09-21T10:32:39Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@semmana26](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/semmana26)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2020, 10:32am UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtk-for-begineer-user/4264/1 "2020-09-21T10:32:39Z")
Hello everyone,
I am a new user.
I am asking the way to install VTK and tutorials and courses related with structural mechanic using VTK?
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### Author:  [@flaviu2](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/flaviu2)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2020, 11:59am UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtk-for-begineer-user/4264/2 "2020-09-21T11:59:28Z")
You forgot to tell us the target OS. I presume that is Windows. Anyway, you can find here a good start documentation: [https://vtk.org/Wiki/VTK/Building/Windows](https://vtk.org/Wiki/VTK/Building/Windows)
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### Author:  [@semmana26](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/semmana26)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2020, 1:43pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtk-for-begineer-user/4264/3 "2020-09-21T13:43:34Z")
Thank you for your answer.
I want to install it in Ubuntu.
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### Author:  [@flaviu2](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/flaviu2)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2020, 4:22pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtk-for-begineer-user/4264/4 "2020-09-21T16:22:46Z")
I guess here you will find more details: [https://vtk.org/Wiki/VTK/Building/Linux](https://vtk.org/Wiki/VTK/Building/Linux)
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### Author:  [@semmana26](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/semmana26)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2020, 4:38pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtk-for-begineer-user/4264/5 "2020-09-21T16:38:11Z")
Thank you again.
Do you know the best way to learn VTK.
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### Author:  [@flaviu2](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/flaviu2)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2020, 4:41pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtk-for-begineer-user/4264/6 "2020-09-21T16:41:21Z")
Just practicing VTK … I learn myself VTK by ran examples from here: [https://lorensen.github.io/VTKExamples/site/](https://lorensen.github.io/VTKExamples/site/), tried to understand what it happens there, when I didn’t understood I read the source code which is public, and the last, but not the last, from this forum and this old forum too: [vtk.1045678.n5.nabble.com](http://vtk.1045678.n5.nabble.com)
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### Author:  [@semmana26](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/semmana26)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2020, 5:04pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtk-for-begineer-user/4264/7 "2020-09-21T17:04:43Z")
Thank you again.
I got this error while trying to install VTK.
CMake Error: The source directory “/path/to/VTK” does not exist.
Specify --help for usage, or press the help button on the CMake GUI.
Do you have any idea about this error and how to solve it.
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### Author:  [@flaviu2](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/flaviu2)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2020, 5:43pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtk-for-begineer-user/4264/8 "2020-09-21T17:43:27Z")
Yes, you didn’t provided the path towards VTK source code. Once you provide it, it will go.
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### Author:  [@semmana26](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/semmana26)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2020, 6:00pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtk-for-begineer-user/4264/9 "2020-09-21T18:00:00Z")
Can you tell me how to do that?
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### Author:  [@flaviu2](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/flaviu2)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2020, 6:43pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtk-for-begineer-user/4264/10 "2020-09-21T18:43:13Z")
Download VTK from [vtk.org](http://vtk.org)
Then, start CMake GUI, and there is some option: VTK\_DIR. In that option you put the path towards VTK folder.