# Guide to compile CalculiX

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**Created:** [March 26, 2021, 8:41am UTC](https://calculix.discourse.group/t/guide-to-compile-calculix/509 "2021-03-26T08:41:46Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 26, 2021, 10:10pm UTC](https://calculix.discourse.group/t/guide-to-compile-calculix/509/3 "2021-03-26T22:10:51Z")

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During the build process, `libarpack_$(PLAT).a` couldn’t be found. So, I rebuilt it from scratch. After this I was able to compile `ccx_2.17` .

If you are interested in the exact error then [this](https://calculix.discourse.group/t/calculix-version-2-17/55/5) comment summarizes it.

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