I was just able to fix this in my environment. By looking at the repository/cache in my Play Framework installation, I was able to determine that spark-0.9.0-incubating uses Akka version 2.2.3. Similarly, looking at repository/local revealed that Play Framework 2.2.2 ships with Akka version 2.2.0.
So I added the following to my play project dependencies: "com.typesafe.akka" %% "akka-actor" % "2.2.3", "com.typesafe.akka" %% "akka-slf4j" % "2.2.3", That fixed the runtime exception and my standalone spark program works fine now. -deepak -- View this message in context: http://apache-spark-user-list.1001560.n3.nabble.com/NoSuchMethodError-Akka-Props-tp2191p2377.html Sent from the Apache Spark User List mailing list archive at Nabble.com.