# SimpleITK installation in linux container

**URL:** https://discourse.itk.org/t/simpleitk-installation-in-linux-container/4180
**Category:** Beginner Questions
**Tags:** cmake, simpleitk
**Created:** [June 4, 2021, 4:14pm UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/simpleitk-installation-in-linux-container/4180 "2021-06-04T16:14:39Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![sag](https://discourse.itk.org/user_avatar/discourse.itk.org/sag/32/2041_2.png) [@sag](https://discourse.itk.org/u/sag)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2021, 4:14pm UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/simpleitk-installation-in-linux-container/4180/1 "2021-06-04T16:14:39Z")

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Hi All,

I have tried to follow the getting started with SimpleITK in linux, I have now two folder SimpleITK, SimpleITK-build, I did run cmake …/SimpleITK/Superbuild/ from inside the SimpleITK-build, it is successfully downloaded a lot of files. now I don’t know how to make these files and then install SimpleITK ? i get a lot of errors if I run make from SimpleITK-build folder, I have only a Makefile there?! any help appreciated

regards  
sag

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### Author: ![blowekamp](https://discourse.itk.org/user_avatar/discourse.itk.org/blowekamp/32/79_2.png) [@blowekamp](https://discourse.itk.org/u/blowekamp)
#### Post date: [June 7, 2021, 1:19pm UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/simpleitk-installation-in-linux-container/4180/2 "2021-06-07T13:19:07Z")

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A post was merged into an existing topic: [make …/SimpleITK/SuperBuild inside ubuntu container error](https://discourse.itk.org/t/make-simpleitk-superbuild-inside-ubuntu-container-error/4177)

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### Author: ![blowekamp](https://discourse.itk.org/user_avatar/discourse.itk.org/blowekamp/32/79_2.png) [@blowekamp](https://discourse.itk.org/u/blowekamp)
#### Post date: [June 7, 2021, 1:19pm UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/simpleitk-installation-in-linux-container/4180/3 "2021-06-07T13:19:08Z")

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