On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 8:45 AM, Hiller, Dean (Contractor) <dean.hil...@broadridge.com> wrote: > I ran into “Unable to determine Hadoop version information” > > > > Google found > > some post referring to some build/dist directory that I can only have if I > checkout the source(I downloaded the binary instead). Do I have to checkout > and build source or is there changes to the binary? > > > > http://osdir.com/ml/hive-user-hadoop-apache/2010-02/msg00289.html > > > > I am using version 0.20.2 of hadoop. > > > > Thanks, > > Dean > > This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the > addressee and > may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader > of the > message is not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the > intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this > communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this > communication in > error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and delete the message and any > attachments from your system. > >
The hadoop executable must be in your path. or you must export the environment variable HADOOP_HOME or 'bin/hadoop version' produces something that the shell script can not digest. #3 almost should never happen.
