The '-bin' file does not have the source code (bin for binaries) while the other does. You can check and see the major difference in the 'src' folders under the top-level directory after unzipping/untarring.
Regards, Shahab On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 3:54 AM, Vimal Jain <vkj...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > On download page of hadoop ( e.g. > http://apache.arvixe.com/hadoop/common/stable1/ ) , I see lots of tars. > Whats the difference between hadoop-1.2.1-bin.tar.gz > <http://apache.arvixe.com/hadoop/common/stable1/hadoop-1.2.1-bin.tar.gz> > and hadoop-1.2.1.tar.gz > <http://apache.arvixe.com/hadoop/common/stable1/hadoop-1.2.1.tar.gz> ( > the one without bin) ? > Which one should i use ? > For Hbase , i am using hbase-0.98.3-hadoop1-bin.tar.gz > <http://apache.arvixe.com/hbase/stable/hbase-0.98.3-hadoop1-bin.tar.gz>. > > -- > Thanks and Regards, > Vimal Jain >
