Hi Edmon, No, you do not need to install Hive to use Spark SQL.
Thanks, Yin On Fri, Mar 6, 2015 at 6:31 AM, Edmon Begoli <ebeg...@gmail.com> wrote: > Does Spark-SQL require installation of Hive for it to run correctly or > not? > > I could not tell from this statement: > > https://spark.apache.org/docs/latest/sql-programming-guide.html#compatibility-with-apache-hive > > Thank you, > Edmon >