# Error while building openfoam-adapter for OpenFOAM-v1912

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**Category:** Official adapters and tutorials\
**Tags:** openfoam, adapters\
**Created:** [November 16, 2021, 7:34am UTC](https://precice.discourse.group/t/error-while-building-openfoam-adapter-for-openfoam-v1912/794 "2021-11-16T07:34:48Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 2, 2021, 12:11pm UTC](https://precice.discourse.group/t/error-while-building-openfoam-adapter-for-openfoam-v1912/794/11 "2021-12-02T12:11:27Z")

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Hello Stan, i had the same issue and I reinstalled openfoam without the third party packages, because there was a fftw3-3-7 folder in the third party directory. Maybe this can help.

best regards steffen

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