Windows Hadoop-2.6.0 installation
Prerequisites to Install hadoop-2.6.0 on windows:
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1. Windows 7/8/8.1 Operating System need to be installed
2. Java 1.6 need to be installed
3. Hadoop-2.6.0 need to be downloaded from apache mirrors
Steps to install hadoop on Windows:
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1. Assuming you already have the Windows 7/8/8.1 Operating System
2. Install java-1.6 on windows
Download the java from the below link and install on "C:\work" folder
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/java-archive-downloads-javase6-419409.html#jdk-6u45-oth-JPR
or
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B-haea19mwkmfmZYb1kwbkY5VmlGR0NuamFWREVJLTFCb0pYS0dVa054SXR3NlZvSnVBTnM&usp=sharing
3. Download the hadoop tarball from apache mirrors, using below link
http://apache.mirrors.lucidnetworks.net/hadoop/common/stable/hadoop-2.6.0.tar.gz
4. Download the required configuration files from below link
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B-haea19mwkmfmZYb1kwbkY5VmlGR0NuamFWREVJLTFCb0pYS0dVa054SXR3NlZvSnVBTnM&usp=sharing
5. Set the Java, Hadoop environment variables
6. Extract the "hadoop-2.6.0.tar.gz" file in "C:\work" folder
7. Update the "hadoop-2.6.0/bin" folder with "downloaded configuration bin" folder
8. Update the "hadoop-2.6.0/conf" folder with "downloaded configuration conf" folder
9. Run the terminal as an Administrator.
10. Format the NameNode with below command
hadoop namenode -format
11. Start the hadoop with below command
start-all
12. Verify the process names using "jps" command