# Trouble building ITK python wrapping

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/trouble-building-itk-python-wrapping/21729>\
**Category:** Development\
**Tags:** build, itk, itk-python\
**Created:** [February 1, 2022, 11:43am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/trouble-building-itk-python-wrapping/21729 "2022-02-01T11:43:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![jamesobutler](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/jamesobutler/32/7511_2.png) [@jamesobutler](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/jamesobutler)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2022, 4:34pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/trouble-building-itk-python-wrapping/21729/6 "2022-02-02T16:34:50Z")

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Note this previous attempt linked below of me trying to build ITK python. Some discussion was about `pip install itk` as an easier option for Slicer instead of changing Slicer to build ITK python wrapping as part of the nightly build process.

> [@Build error when building ITKPython](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/build-error-when-building-itkpython/15302):
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> With Slicer\_BUILD\_ITKPython and Slicer\_INSTALL\_ITKPython turned on and using CMake 3.18.4 and latest Slicer master I get some errors during the wrapping process. Has anyone successfully built ITKPython recently? I was looking into turning on ITK python support as a default in Slicer since it has matured in the past year and half. This would support future python development using import itk instead of relying on SimpleITK when using python. This seems to be the preferred trend to support more …

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