I am using the default setup for the hive-site.xml so the meta store is in /user/hive/warehouse in the hdfs (Which I have setup as specified under Getting started in the hive website.
Here is the output from the command. hive -hiveconf hive.root.logger=INFO,console -e "show databases" WARNING: org.apache.hadoop.metrics.jvm.EventCounter is deprecated. Please use org.apache.hadoop.log.metrics.EventCounter in all the log4j.properties files. Logging initialized using configuration in jar:file:/home/hive/lib/hive-common-0.10.0.jar!/hive-log4j.properties 13/05/02 13:37:09 INFO SessionState: Logging initialized using configuration in jar:file:/home/hive/lib/hive-common-0.10.0.jar!/hive-log4j.properties Hive history file=/tmp/cyrille/hive_job_log_cyrille_201305021337_431171577.txt 13/05/02 13:37:09 INFO exec.HiveHistory: Hive history file=/tmp/cyrille/hive_job_log_cyrille_201305021337_431171577.txt 13/05/02 13:37:09 INFO ql.Driver: <PERFLOG method=Driver.run> 13/05/02 13:37:09 INFO ql.Driver: <PERFLOG method=TimeToSubmit> 13/05/02 13:37:09 INFO ql.Driver: <PERFLOG method=compile> 13/05/02 13:37:09 INFO parse.ParseDriver: Parsing command: show databases 13/05/02 13:37:09 INFO ql.Driver: </PERFLOG method=compile start=1367516229487 end=1367516229681 duration=194> Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoSuchFieldError: type at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.parse.HiveLexer.mKW_SHOW(HiveLexer.java:1305) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.parse.HiveLexer.mTokens(HiveLexer.java:6439) at org.antlr.runtime.Lexer.nextToken(Lexer.java:84) at org.antlr.runtime.CommonTokenStream.fillBuffer(CommonTokenStream.java:95) at org.antlr.runtime.CommonTokenStream.LT(CommonTokenStream.java:238) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.parse.HiveParser.statement(HiveParser.java:573) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.parse.ParseDriver.parse(ParseDriver.java:439) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.compile(Driver.java:416) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.compile(Driver.java:335) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.run(Driver.java:893) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.cli.CliDriver.processLocalCmd(CliDriver.java:259) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.cli.CliDriver.processCmd(CliDriver.java:216) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.cli.CliDriver.processLine(CliDriver.java:412) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.cli.CliDriver.processLine(CliDriver.java:347) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.cli.CliDriver.run(CliDriver.java:706) at org.apache.hadoop.hive.cli.CliDriver.main(CliDriver.java:613) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:616) at org.apache.hadoop.util.RunJar.main(RunJar.java:156) On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 1:25 PM, Sanjay Subramanian < sanjay.subraman...@wizecommerce.com> wrote: > Can u share your hive-site.xml ? What meta store r u using ? > Also try this to get additional debug messages that u can use to analyze > the problem > > From your linux command prompt run the following and tell us what u see. > Also hive-site.xml please > > /path/to/hive -hiveconf hive.root.logger=INFO,console -e "show databases" > > From: Cyril Bogus <cyrilbo...@gmail.com> > Reply-To: "user@hive.apache.org" <user@hive.apache.org> > Date: Thursday, May 2, 2013 10:19 AM > To: "user@hive.apache.org" <user@hive.apache.org> > Subject: Getting Started > > Hi, > > I am currently running hadoop 1.0.4 and hive 0.10.0 > also I have HADOOP_HOME set to /home/hadoop and HIVE_HOME to /home/hive > along with JAVA_HOME also to the right location. > and I would like to run the hive command line but I keep getting the > following error when I try to run a simple query like show databases; > > > hive > WARNING: org.apache.hadoop.metrics.jvm.EventCounter is deprecated. Please > use org.apache.hadoop.log.metrics.EventCounter in all the log4j.properties > files. > Logging initialized using configuration in > jar:file:/home/hive/lib/hive-common-0.10.0.jar!/hive-log4j.properties > Hive history > file=/tmp/cyrille/hive_job_log_cyrille_201305021317_1253522258.txt > hive> show databases; > Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoSuchFieldError: type > at > org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.parse.HiveLexer.mKW_SHOW(HiveLexer.java:1305) > at > org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.parse.HiveLexer.mTokens(HiveLexer.java:6439) > at org.antlr.runtime.Lexer.nextToken(Lexer.java:84) > at > org.antlr.runtime.CommonTokenStream.fillBuffer(CommonTokenStream.java:95) > at org.antlr.runtime.CommonTokenStream.LT(CommonTokenStream.java:238) > at > org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.parse.HiveParser.statement(HiveParser.java:573) > at > org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.parse.ParseDriver.parse(ParseDriver.java:439) > at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.compile(Driver.java:416) > at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.compile(Driver.java:335) > at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.run(Driver.java:893) > at > org.apache.hadoop.hive.cli.CliDriver.processLocalCmd(CliDriver.java:259) > at org.apache.hadoop.hive.cli.CliDriver.processCmd(CliDriver.java:216) > at org.apache.hadoop.hive.cli.CliDriver.processLine(CliDriver.java:412) > at org.apache.hadoop.hive.cli.CliDriver.run(CliDriver.java:755) > at org.apache.hadoop.hive.cli.CliDriver.main(CliDriver.java:613) > at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) > at > sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57) > at > sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) > at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:616) > at org.apache.hadoop.util.RunJar.main(RunJar.java:156) > > Thank you in advance for the input > > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE > ====================== > This email message and any attachments are for the exclusive use of the > intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged > information. 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