# Import SimpleITK fails

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/import-simpleitk-fails/36735>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [June 12, 2024, 8:19pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/import-simpleitk-fails/36735 "2024-06-12T20:19:02Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 17, 2024, 3:40pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/import-simpleitk-fails/36735/8 "2024-06-17T15:40:44Z")

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Some links to refresh the memory regarding the Slicer SimpleITK fork and thoughts to reconsider using PyPI whl.

> <https://github.com/Slicer/Slicer/pull/6606#issuecomment-1286278137>
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> \> going to be necessary in a Slicer SimpleITK fork moving forward or is there a …diff that is flexible enough for integration into the SimpleITK upstream?
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> I started to discuss this with @blowekamp in https://github.com/Slicer/SimpleITK/commit/ca0c09386219dfff61975437b7ea32b246adb724#r87443367
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> Also worth noting that building SimpleITK may not be required in the future, see https://discourse.slicer.org/t/proposal-install-simpleitk-from-wheels-instead-of-building-from-source/25635

> [@Proposal: Install SimpleITK from wheels instead of building from source](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/proposal-install-simpleitk-from-wheels-instead-of-building-from-source/25635/4):
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> Things have observed to break down when Slicer’s SimpleITK is uninstalled a SimpleITK upstream version is installed from whl. [Slicer's embedded SimpleITK can be removed by pip · Issue #6711 · Slicer/Slicer · GitHub](https://github.com/Slicer/Slicer/issues/6711) As of right now it seems that proceeding with using SimpleITK whl files is not possible within Slicer due to requiring the fixes made in [BUG: Update SimpleITK to fix test\_sitkUtils by jcfr · Pull Request #6606 · Slicer/Slicer · GitHub](https://github.com/Slicer/Slicer/pull/6606) which are not in SimpleITK upstream.

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