Apache Hadoop client Debian package

A Debian package for installing Hadoop Client 2.2.0. Works on Ubuntu.

Download the latest pre-built release here: https://github.com/balazsbotond/hadoop-client-deb-package/releases

Building the package

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/balazsbotond/hadoop-client-deb-package.git

Build the package using dpkg-deb:

dpkg-deb --build hadoop-client_2.2.0-1

This will create a hadoop-client-deb-package.deb file in the current directory.

Installing the package

dpkg -i hadoop-client_2.2.0-1.deb
apt-get install -f

Testing Hadoop client

Use file /usr/local/hadoop/hadoop-2.2.0/etc/hadoop/core-site.xml to configure your hadoop.tmp.dir, fs.default.name. Use file /usr/local/hadoop/hadoop-2.2.0/etc/hadoop/hadoop-env.sh to configure hadoop environment variable special JAVA_HOME... (export JAVA_HOME=$(readlink -f /usr/bin/java | sed "s:bin/java::")")

Use /usr/local/hadoop/hadoop-2.2.0/bin/hadoop fs -ls / to check if everything works correctly.