How did you specify the packages ? See the following from https://spark.apache.org/docs/latest/submitting-applications.html :
Users may also include any other dependencies by supplying a comma-delimited list of maven coordinates with --packages. On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 7:15 AM, Mustafa Elbehery <elbeherymust...@gmail.com > wrote: > Hi Folks, > > I am trying to use two Spark packages while working from the shell .. > Unfortunately it accepts only one package as parameter and ignore the > second. > > Any suggestion how to work around this ? > > Regards. >