Actually I was hoping Eric would tell us how to change the wiki's disclaimer. Or anyone with know-how, so copying to dev@hive....
-- Lefty On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 1:36 PM, Subramanian, Sanjay (HQP) < [email protected]> wrote: > U need Cygwin > And this link will help > > http://www.srccodes.com/p/article/38/build-install-configure-run-apache-hadoop-2.2.0-microsoft-windows-os > > Thanks > > Warm Regards > > > > Sanjay > > [email protected] > > Mobile: (925) 399 2692 > > Skype: sanjaysubramanian > > linkedin:http://www.linkedin.com/in/subramaniansanjay > > > From: Ian Jackson <[email protected]> > Reply-To: <[email protected]> > Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2014 13:47:42 +0000 > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Subject: RE: Hive on Windows w/Hadoop 2.2.0 > > I am not sure that it should say anything different.. I would like to > run Hive on Windows. I was wondering if any details existed on why Cygwin > didn't work or an alternative for Windows other than using Hortonworks. > > > > From my point of view is it valid to say that no other details exist and > use the source. > > > > > > *From:* Lefty Leverenz > [mailto:[email protected]<[email protected]>] > > *Sent:* Tuesday, February 04, 2014 9:53 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: Hive on Windows w/Hadoop 2.2.0 > > > > That's from the first sentence of Getting Started, which needs to be > rewritten: > > > > DISCLAIMER: Hive has only been tested on unix(linux) and mac systems using > Java 1.6 for now - although it may very well work on other similar > platforms. It does not work on Cygwin. > > > > What should it say instead? > > > -- Lefty > > > > On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 9:24 AM, Eric Hanson (BIG DATA) < > [email protected]> wrote: > > HDP runs on Windows: > > > > http://hortonworks.com/products/hdp-windows/#install > > > > I don't know if it uses Cygwin or not but everything needed to run Hive on > Windows should be in the install package. > > > > Eric > > > > *From:* Ian Jackson [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Tuesday, February 4, 2014 8:55 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Hive on Windows w/Hadoop 2.2.0 > > > > Reading the Wiki (cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/Hive/GettingStarted), > it states "It does not work on Cygwin." Do further details exist or hints > to make work on Windows? > > >
