# Please help\[ me to install build-wrapper-linux in the ubuntu serevr

**URL:** <https://community.sonarsource.com/t/please-help-me-to-install-build-wrapper-linux-in-the-ubuntu-serevr/16244>\
**Category:** SonarQube Server / Community Build\
**Tags:** cfamily, scanner\
**Created:** [November 5, 2019, 8:58am UTC](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/please-help-me-to-install-build-wrapper-linux-in-the-ubuntu-serevr/16244 "2019-11-05T08:58:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![vivekreddy\_chagam](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/sonarsource/user_avatar/community.sonarsource.com/vivekreddy_chagam/32/7400_2.png) [@vivekreddy\_chagam](https://community.sonarsource.com/u/vivekreddy_chagam)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2019, 8:58am UTC](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/please-help-me-to-install-build-wrapper-linux-in-the-ubuntu-serevr/16244/1 "2019-11-05T08:58:01Z")

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Must-share information (formatted with [Markdown](https://commonmark.org/help/)):

- which versions are you using (SonarQube, Scanner, Plugin, and any relevant extension)
- what are you trying to achieve
- what have you tried so far to achieve this  
SonarQube:8.0 developer edition  
Scanner:4.2.0

here when I am trying to build c project I am facing an issue with wrapper

ERROR: Error during SonarQube Scanner execution  
java.lang.IllegalStateException: The “build-wrapper-dump.json” file was found empty. Please make sure that:

- you are using the latest version of the build-wrapper and the SonarCFamily analyzer
- your compiler is supported
- you are wrapping your build correctly
- you are wrapping a full/clean build  
at com.sonar.cpp.plugin.CFamilySensor.execute(CFamilySensor.java:239)  
at org.sonar.scanner.sensor.AbstractSensorWrapper.analyse(AbstractSensorWrapper.java:48)  
at org.sonar.scanner.sensor.ModuleSensorsExecutor.execute(ModuleSensorsExecutor.java:85)  
at org.sonar.scanner.sensor.ModuleSensorsExecutor.execute(ModuleSensorsExecutor.java:62)  
at org.sonar.scanner.scan.ModuleScanContainer.doAfterStart(ModuleScanContainer.java:82)  
at org.sonar.core.platform.ComponentContainer.startComponents(ComponentContainer.java:136)  
at org.sonar.core.platform.ComponentContainer.execute(ComponentContainer.java:122)  
at org.sonar.scanner.scan.ProjectScanContainer.scan(ProjectScanContainer.java:387)  
at org.sonar.scanner.scan.ProjectScanContainer.scanRecursively(ProjectScanContainer.java:383)  
at org.sonar.scanner.scan.ProjectScanContainer.doAfterStart(ProjectScanContainer.java:346)  
at org.sonar.core.platform.ComponentContainer.startComponents(ComponentContainer.java:136)  
at org.sonar.core.platform.ComponentContainer.execute(ComponentContainer.java:122)  
at org.sonar.scanner.bootstrap.GlobalContainer.doAfterStart(GlobalContainer.java:141)  
at org.sonar.core.platform.ComponentContainer.startComponents(ComponentContainer.java:136)  
at org.sonar.core.platform.ComponentContainer.execute(ComponentContainer.java:122)  
at org.sonar.batch.bootstrapper.Batch.doExecute(Batch.java:72)  
at org.sonar.batch.bootstrapper.Batch.execute(Batch.java:66)  
at org.sonarsource.scanner.api.internal.batch.BatchIsolatedLauncher.execute(BatchIsolatedLauncher.java:46)  
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)  
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)  
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)  
at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)  
at org.sonarsource.scanner.api.internal.IsolatedLauncherProxy.invoke(IsolatedLauncherProxy.java:60)  
at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy0.execute(Unknown Source)  
at org.sonarsource.scanner.api.EmbeddedScanner.doExecute(EmbeddedScanner.java:189)  
at org.sonarsource.scanner.api.EmbeddedScanner.execute(EmbeddedScanner.java:138)  
at org.sonarsource.scanner.cli.Main.execute(Main.java:112)  
at org.sonarsource.scanner.cli.Main.execute(Main.java:75)  
at org.sonarsource.scanner.cli.Main.main(Main.java:61)  
ERROR:  
ERROR: Re-run SonarQube Scanner using the -X switch to enable full debug logging.

Thank you  
Vivek

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**Author:** ![mpaladin](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/sonarsource/user_avatar/community.sonarsource.com/mpaladin/32/118_2.png) [@mpaladin](https://community.sonarsource.com/u/mpaladin)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2019, 1:14pm UTC](https://community.sonarsource.com/t/please-help-me-to-install-build-wrapper-linux-in-the-ubuntu-serevr/16244/2 "2019-11-05T13:14:58Z")

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Hi @vivekreddy_chagam,

how do you launch `build-wrapper`?