Harsh: See (inline at the **) I hope its easy to follow and for the other responses, I was not sure how to respond to get everything into one. Sorry for top posting!
Eric where would I put the line below and explain in newbie terms, thanks: PATH=$PATH:/cygdrive/c/cygwin/bin:/cygdrive/c/cygwin/usr/bin EF: I will try to reinstall Java and yes the spaces gives problems. :( Cheers, A Df >________________________________ >From: Harsh J <ha...@cloudera.com> >To: common-user@hadoop.apache.org; A Df <abbey_dragonfor...@yahoo.com> >Sent: Tuesday, 26 July 2011, 20:25 >Subject: Re: Cygwin not working with Hadoop and Eclipse Plugin > >A Df, > >(Inlines) > >On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 12:03 AM, A Df <abbey_dragonfor...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> Dear All: >> >> I am trying to run Hadoop on Windows 7 so as to test programs before moving >> to Unix/Linux. I have downloaded the Hadoop 0.20.2 and Eclipse 3.6 because I >> want to use the plugin. I am also using cygwin. However, I set the >> environment variable for JAVA_HOME and added the >> c:\cygwin\bin;c:\cygwin\usr\bin to the PATH variable but I still get the >> error below when trying to start the Hadoop. This is based on the >> instructions to edit the file conf/hadoop-env.sh to define at least >> JAVA_HOME to be the root of your Java installation which I changed to >> "export JAVA_HOME=/cygdrive/c/Program\ Files\ \(x86\)/Java/jdk1.6.0_26" with >> no success. I added the \ to escape special characters. > >This looks fine. > >> Error: >> bin/hadoop: line 258: /cygdrive/c/Program: No such file or directory > >I've encountered this before, its harmless. Your problem lies >elsewhere. Is the Cygwin's bin/ directory on your Windows path? What >errors do you get on submit? > >> I also wanted to find out which is the stable release of Hadoop and which >> version of Eclipse and the Plugin should I use? So far almost every tutorial >> I have seen from Googling shows different versions like on: >> http://developer.yahoo.com/hadoop/tutorial/index.html >> OR >> http://v-lad.org/Tutorials/Hadoop/00%20-%20Intro.html >> >> In Eclipse the WordCount project has 42 errors because it will not recognize >> the "import org.apache......" in the code. > >The last known version I'd heard had a no-complains, fully-working >eclipse plugin along with it was Hadoop 0.20.2 (although stable is >203, I've seen lots of issues pop up with eclipse plugin from members >on the ML, but someone else can comment better on if its fixed for 204 >or is a non-issue). I've used this one personally on Windows myself >and things work. I think there was just one issue one could encounter >somehow and I'd covered it in a blog post some time ago, here: >http://www.harshj.com/2010/07/18/making-the-eclipse-plugin-work-for-hadoop/ > >** I tried to use the patch but my cygwin gives the error: "bash: patch: >command not found" > >Beyond that, the tutorial at v-lad.org is the one I'd recommend >following. It has worked well for me over time. > >** yes, the screenshots and instructions are easy to follow just that I seem >to always have a problem with the plugin or cygwin > >> I wanted to test on Windows first to get a feel of Hadoop since I am new to >> it and also because I am newbie Unix/Linux user. I have been trying to >> follow the tutorials shown at the link above but each time I run into errors >> with the plugin or not recognizing the import or JAVA_HOME not set. Please >> can I get some help. Thanks > >I'd say use Linux when/where possible. A VM is a good choice as well, >as James pointed out above, if your hardware can handle it. > >** Harsh and James, I tried the vmware from the Yahoo tutorial but I had >problems with the plugin too. > >Also checkout the Karmasphere's community edition tools @ >http://karmasphere.com/Download/register-for-community-edition.html -- >They require registration but were good to start with when I'd tried >them ~1 year ago. Should be better now. Not sure if they are F/OSS but >surely good tools. > >** looks good, thanks I will give it a try tomorrow >-- >Harsh J >Get CDH and more: http://www.cloudera.com/hadoop > > >
