# failed to build 3D Slicer in Ubuntu 18.04

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/failed-to-build-3d-slicer-in-ubuntu-18-04/14050>\
**Category:** Development\
**Tags:** build\
**Created:** [October 15, 2020, 3:37am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/failed-to-build-3d-slicer-in-ubuntu-18-04/14050 "2020-10-15T03:37:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![Shun\_Yao](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/shun_yao/32/8452_2.png) [@Shun\_Yao](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Shun_Yao)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2020, 3:37am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/failed-to-build-3d-slicer-in-ubuntu-18-04/14050/1 "2020-10-15T03:37:39Z")

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Dear experts in Slicer community,  
I am a doctor and a fun of Slicer (not too much background of computer science). I am trying to build Slicer in my new PC for the convenience of working on a large data set using streamline code.  
However, I got errors and can’t figure it out when I am building Slicer according the steps from here [https://slicer.readthedocs.io/en/latest/developer\_guide/build\_instructions/linux.html#ubuntu-20-04-focal-fossa](https://slicer.readthedocs.io/en/latest/developer_guide/build_instructions/linux.html#ubuntu-20-04-focal-fossa).  
Any comments are appreciated.

My PC configurations:  
system: Ubuntu 18.04  
CPU: Intel® Core™ i9-9900 CPU @ 3.10GHz  
Memory: 32 G  
Python 3.7.9

**ERROR shows below:**

[10%] Python Wrapping - generating vtkOpenGLShaderComputationPython.cxx  
Scanning dependencies of target vtkTeemPythonD  
Scanning dependencies of target vtkAddonPythonD  
/usr/lib/x86\_64-linux-gnu/libSM.so: undefined reference to `uuid_generate@UUID_1.0' /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libSM.so: undefined reference to `uuid\_unparse\_lower@UUID\_1.0’  
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status  
Libs/vtkTeem/Testing/CMakeFiles/vtkTeemCxxTests.dir/build.make:200: recipe for target ‘bin/vtkTeemCxxTests’ failed  
make[5]: \*\*\* [bin/vtkTeemCxxTests] Error 1  
CMakeFiles/Makefile2:9178: recipe for target ‘Libs/vtkTeem/Testing/CMakeFiles/vtkTeemCxxTests.dir/all’ failed  
make[4]: \*\*\* [Libs/vtkTeem/Testing/CMakeFiles/vtkTeemCxxTests.dir/all] Error 2  
make[4]: \*\*\* Waiting for unfinished jobs…  
[10%] Building CXX object Libs/vtkTeem/CMakeFiles/vtkTeemPythonD.dir/vtkDiffusionTensorGlyphPython.cxx.o  
[10%] Building CXX object Libs/vtkTeem/CMakeFiles/vtkTeemPythonD.dir/vtkDiffusionTensorMathematicsPython.cxx.o  
[10%] Linking CXX shared library …/…/…/lib/Slicer-4.13/cli-modules/libResampleScalarVolumeLib.so  
[10%] Linking CXX executable …/…/…/bin/vtkAddonCxxTests  
[10%] Building CXX object Libs/vtkTeem/CMakeFiles/vtkTeemPythonD.dir/vtkTeemNRRDReaderPython.cxx.o  
[10%] Building CXX object Libs/vtkTeem/CMakeFiles/vtkTeemPythonD.dir/vtkTeemNRRDWriterPython.cxx.o  
/usr/lib/x86\_64-linux-gnu/libSM.so: undefined reference to `uuid_generate@UUID_1.0' /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libSM.so: undefined reference to `uuid\_unparse\_lower@UUID\_1.0’  
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status  
Libs/vtkAddon/Testing/CMakeFiles/vtkAddonCxxTests.dir/build.make:239: recipe for target ‘bin/vtkAddonCxxTests’ failed  
make[5]: \*\*\* [bin/vtkAddonCxxTests] Error 1  
CMakeFiles/Makefile2:9041: recipe for target ‘Libs/vtkAddon/Testing/CMakeFiles/vtkAddonCxxTests.dir/all’ failed  
make[4]: \*\*\* [Libs/vtkAddon/Testing/CMakeFiles/vtkAddonCxxTests.dir/all] Error 2  
[10%] Building CXX object Libs/vtkTeem/CMakeFiles/vtkTeemPythonD.dir/vtkImageLabelCombinePython.cxx.o  
[10%] Building CXX object Libs/vtkAddon/CMakeFiles/vtkAddonPythonD.dir/vtkAddonTestingUtilitiesPython.cxx.o  
[10%] Building CXX object Libs/vtkAddon/CMakeFiles/vtkAddonPythonD.dir/vtkErrorSinkPython.cxx.o  
[10%] Built target ResampleScalarVolumeLib  
[10%] Building CXX object Libs/vtkAddon/CMakeFiles/vtkAddonPythonD.dir/vtkLoggingMacrosPython.cxx.o  
[10%] Building CXX object Libs/vtkAddon/CMakeFiles/vtkAddonPythonD.dir/vtkTestingOutputWindowPython.cxx.o  
[10%] Building CXX object Libs/vtkTeem/CMakeFiles/vtkTeemPythonD.dir/vtkTeemPythonInitImpl.cxx.o  
[10%] Building CXX object Libs/vtkAddon/CMakeFiles/vtkAddonPythonD.dir/vtkOrientedBSplineTransformPython.cxx.o  
[10%] Building CXX object Libs/vtkAddon/CMakeFiles/vtkAddonPythonD.dir/vtkOrientedGridTransformPython.cxx.o  
[10%] Building CXX object Libs/vtkAddon/CMakeFiles/vtkAddonPythonD.dir/vtkPersonInformationPython.cxx.o  
[10%] Building CXX object Libs/vtkAddon/CMakeFiles/vtkAddonPythonD.dir/vtkAddonMathUtilitiesPython.cxx.o  
[10%] Building CXX object Libs/vtkAddon/CMakeFiles/vtkAddonPythonD.dir/vtkAddonSetGetPython.cxx.o  
[11%] Linking CXX shared library …/…/bin/libvtkTeemPythonD.so  
[11%] Building CXX object Libs/vtkAddon/CMakeFiles/vtkAddonPythonD.dir/vtkStreamingVolumeCodecPython.cxx.o  
[11%] Building CXX object Libs/vtkAddon/CMakeFiles/vtkAddonPythonD.dir/vtkStreamingVolumeFramePython.cxx.o  
[11%] Building CXX object Libs/vtkAddon/CMakeFiles/vtkAddonPythonD.dir/vtkStreamingVolumeCodecFactoryPython.cxx.o  
[11%] Building CXX object Libs/vtkAddon/CMakeFiles/vtkAddonPythonD.dir/vtkRawRGBVolumeCodecPython.cxx.o  
[11%] Building CXX object Libs/vtkAddon/CMakeFiles/vtkAddonPythonD.dir/vtkOpenGLTextureImagePython.cxx.o  
[11%] Built target vtkTeemPythonD  
[11%] Building CXX object Libs/vtkAddon/CMakeFiles/vtkAddonPythonD.dir/vtkOpenGLShaderComputationPython.cxx.o  
[11%] Building CXX object Libs/vtkAddon/CMakeFiles/vtkAddonPythonD.dir/vtkAddonPythonInitImpl.cxx.o  
[11%] Linking CXX shared library …/…/bin/libvtkAddonPythonD.so  
[11%] Built target vtkAddonPythonD  
[11%] Linking CXX shared library …/…/…/lib/Slicer-4.13/cli-modules/libExpertAutomatedRegistrationLib.so  
[11%] Built target ExpertAutomatedRegistrationLib  
[11%] Linking CXX static library …/…/…/lib/Slicer-4.13/libBRAINSCommonLib.a  
[11%] Built target BRAINSCommonLib  
Makefile:181: recipe for target ‘all’ failed  
make[3]: \*\*\* [all] Error 2  
CMakeFiles/Slicer.dir/build.make:162: recipe for target ‘Slicer-prefix/src/Slicer-stamp/Slicer-build’ failed  
make[2]: \*\*\* [Slicer-prefix/src/Slicer-stamp/Slicer-build] Error 2  
CMakeFiles/Makefile2:454: recipe for target ‘CMakeFiles/Slicer.dir/all’ failed  
make[1]: \*\*\* [CMakeFiles/Slicer.dir/all] Error 2  
Makefile:113: recipe for target ‘all’ failed  
make: \*\*\* [all] Error 2

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**Author:** ![lassoan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/lassoan/32/13_2.png) [@lassoan](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/lassoan)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2020, 3:40am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/failed-to-build-3d-slicer-in-ubuntu-18-04/14050/2 "2020-10-15T03:40:06Z")

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You don’t need to build Slicer to use it, customize, or extend it. See more information here: [https://slicer.readthedocs.io/en/latest/developer\_guide/build\_instructions/overview.html](https://slicer.readthedocs.io/en/latest/developer_guide/build_instructions/overview.html)

Anyway, these build instructions should work: [https://slicer.readthedocs.io/en/latest/developer\_guide/build\_instructions/linux.html](https://slicer.readthedocs.io/en/latest/developer_guide/build_instructions/linux.html) (I’ve tried Ubuntu 20.04 build instructions a couple of weeks ago).

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**Author:** ![Shun\_Yao](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/shun_yao/32/8452_2.png) [@Shun\_Yao](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Shun_Yao)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2020, 4:03am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/failed-to-build-3d-slicer-in-ubuntu-18-04/14050/3 "2020-10-15T04:03:25Z")

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Hi Lassoan,  
Many thanks for your flash reply!  
Best,  
SY