Hadoop on Windows with Eclipse-02-prerequisites

Prerequisites

Before we begin, make sure the following components is installed on your workstation:

• jdk1.8.0_144
• Eclipse-jee-oxygen

This tutorial have been written for and tested with Hadoop version 0.19.1. If you is using another version, some things may not be work.

Make sure exactly the same versions of the software as shown above. Hadoop won't work with versions of Java earlier than 1.6 and versions of Eclipse later than 3.3.2 due to plug-in API in Compatibility.

Installing Cygwin

After installing the prerequisite software, the next step was to install the Cygwin environment. Cygwin is a set of Unix packages ported to Microsoft Windows. It is a needed to run the scripts supplied with Hadoop because they be all written for the Unix platform.

To install the Cygwin environment follow these steps:

1. Download Cygwin installer from http://www.cygwin.com.
2. Run the downloaded file. You'll see the windows shown on the screenshots below.

   
   

   Cygwin Installer
3. When you see the above screenshot, keep pressing the ' Next ' button until your see the package selection screens shown below. Make sure you select ' OpenSSH '. This are required for the correct functioning of the Hadoop cluster and Eclipse plug-in.

4. After you selected these packages press, the ' Next ' button to complete the installation.

Hadoop on Windows with Eclipse-02-prerequisites