# SimpleElastix build issues

**URL:** <https://discourse.itk.org/t/simpleelastix-build-issues/4364>\
**Category:** Beginner Questions\
**Created:** [August 25, 2021, 9:31am UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/simpleelastix-build-issues/4364 "2021-08-25T09:31:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![i.v.prgrmmr](https://discourse.itk.org/user_avatar/discourse.itk.org/i.v.prgrmmr/32/2236_2.png) [@i.v.prgrmmr](https://discourse.itk.org/u/i.v.prgrmmr)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2021, 9:31am UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/simpleelastix-build-issues/4364/1 "2021-08-25T09:31:31Z")

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Hey @sag,

Right now I am running into the same problem. However, I am a bit confused, what paths should I define for **PYTHON** \_EXECUTABLE **PYTHON** \_INCLUDE\_DIR **PYTHON** \_LIBRARY? I still have anaconda3.

Thanks in advance!

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**Author:** ![zivy](https://discourse.itk.org/user_avatar/discourse.itk.org/zivy/32/1726_2.png) [@zivy](https://discourse.itk.org/u/zivy)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2021, 12:54pm UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/simpleelastix-build-issues/4364/2 "2021-08-25T12:54:34Z")

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Hello @i.v.prgrmmr,

To build SimpleITK for anaconda, please use the [conda build recipe](https://github.com/SimpleITK/SimpleITKCondaRecipe), as mentioned above. Instructions on how to build the the latest `master` branch can be found in that repository’s README.md.

This is different from building SimpleITK for vanilla Python.

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**Author:** ![i.v.prgrmmr](https://discourse.itk.org/user_avatar/discourse.itk.org/i.v.prgrmmr/32/2236_2.png) [@i.v.prgrmmr](https://discourse.itk.org/u/i.v.prgrmmr)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2021, 3:19pm UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/simpleelastix-build-issues/4364/3 "2021-08-25T15:19:45Z")

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Thanks for the reply @zivy! Is the simple elastix module also included installing it this way??

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**Author:** ![i.v.prgrmmr](https://discourse.itk.org/user_avatar/discourse.itk.org/i.v.prgrmmr/32/2236_2.png) [@i.v.prgrmmr](https://discourse.itk.org/u/i.v.prgrmmr)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2021, 3:22pm UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/simpleelastix-build-issues/4364/4 "2021-08-25T15:22:32Z")

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Is the simple elastix module also installed using the conda recipe approach? Thanks in advance!

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**Author:** ![zivy](https://discourse.itk.org/user_avatar/discourse.itk.org/zivy/32/1726_2.png) [@zivy](https://discourse.itk.org/u/zivy)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2021, 3:28pm UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/simpleelastix-build-issues/4364/5 "2021-08-25T15:28:29Z")

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Hello @i.v.prgrmmr,

Now I understand the confusion/issue.

SimpleElastix is not SimpleITK. That project used SimpleITK, but instead of using a new package name, i.e. SimpleElastix, they copied over the SimpleITK source, added functionality and kept the name SimpleITK.

For build issues with SimpleElastix please use that [project’s issue tracker](https://github.com/SuperElastix/SimpleElastix/issues).