Installing Spark

When you install Spark, the following directories are created:

/usr/hdp/current/spark-client for submitting Spark jobs
/usr/hdp/current/spark-history for launching Spark master processes, such as the Spark History Server
/usr/hdp/current/spark-thriftserver for the Spark Thrift Server

To install Spark:

Search for Spark in the HDP repo:

For RHEL or CentOS:
yum search spark
For SLES:
zypper install spark
For Ubuntu and Debian:
apt-cache spark

This shows all the versions of Spark available. For example:

spark_<version>_<build>-master.noarch : Server for Spark master
spark_<version>_<build>-python.noarch : Python client for Spark
spark_<version>_<build>-worker.noarch : Server for Spark worker
spark_<version>_<build>.noarch : Lightning-Fast Cluster Computing

Install the version corresponding to the HDP version you currently have installed.
- For RHEL or CentOS:
  yum install spark_<version>-master spark_<version>-python
- For SLES:
  zypper install spark_<version>-master spark_<version>-python
- For Ubuntu and Debian:
  apt-get install spark_<version>-master apt-get install spark_<version>-python
Before you launch the Spark Shell or Thrift Server, make sure that you set $JAVA_HOME:
export JAVA_HOME=<path to JDK 1.8>

​Installing Spark

Installing Spark