sorted out. needed to add the following to ${HADOOP_HOME}/etc/Hadoop/mapred-site.xml !
<property> <name>mapreduce.framework.name</name> <value>yarn</value> </property> <property> <name>yarn.app.mapreduce.am.env</name> <value>HADOOP_MAPRED_HOME=${HADOOP_HOME}</value> </property> <property> <name>mapreduce.map.env</name> <value>HADOOP_MAPRED_HOME=${HADOOP_HOME}</value> </property> <property> <name>mapreduce.reduce.env</name> <value>HADOOP_MAPRED_HOME=${HADOOP_HOME}</value> </property> Dr Mich Talebzadeh LinkedIn * https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=AAEAAAAWh2gBxianrbJd6zP6AcPCCdOABUrV8Pw <https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=AAEAAAAWh2gBxianrbJd6zP6AcPCCdOABUrV8Pw>* http://talebzadehmich.wordpress.com *Disclaimer:* Use it at your own risk. Any and all responsibility for any loss, damage or destruction of data or any other property which may arise from relying on this email's technical content is explicitly disclaimed. The author will in no case be liable for any monetary damages arising from such loss, damage or destruction. On 13 June 2018 at 23:49, Mich Talebzadeh <mich.talebza...@gmail.com> wrote: > > *Hadoop 3.0.3Hive (version 3.0.0)* > > Running a simple query > > select count(1) from sales; > > I get the following error in container > > Error: Could not find or load main class org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce. > v2.app.MRAppMaster > > The container file launch_container.sh has the following entry > > exec /bin/bash -c "$JAVA_HOME/bin/java > -Dlog4j.configuration=container-log4j.properties > -Dyarn.app.container.log.dir=/home/hduser/hadoop-3.0.3/logs/ > userlogs/application_1528926568884_0006/container_1528926568884_0006_02_000001 > > > -Dyarn.app.container.log.filesize=0 -Dhadoop.root.logger=INFO,CLA > -Dhadoop.root.logfile=syslog > > -Xmx1024m org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.v2.app.MRAppMaster > > 1>/home/hduser/hadoop-3.0.3/logs/userlogs/application_ > 1528926568884_0006/container_1528926568884_0006_02_000001/stdout > 2>/home/hduser/hadoop-3.0.3/logs/userlogs/application_ > 1528926568884_0006/container_1528926568884_0006_02_000001/stderr " > > Dr Mich Talebzadeh > > > > LinkedIn * > https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=AAEAAAAWh2gBxianrbJd6zP6AcPCCdOABUrV8Pw > <https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=AAEAAAAWh2gBxianrbJd6zP6AcPCCdOABUrV8Pw>* > > > > http://talebzadehmich.wordpress.com > > > *Disclaimer:* Use it at your own risk. Any and all responsibility for any > loss, damage or destruction of data or any other property which may arise > from relying on this email's technical content is explicitly disclaimed. > The author will in no case be liable for any monetary damages arising from > such loss, damage or destruction. > > >