Thank you Vamshi, Yes the path presumably has been added, here it is:
rxie@ubuntu:~/Downloads/spark$ echo $PATH /home/rxie/Downloads/spark :/usr/bin/java:/usr/bin/java:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin:/home/rxie/Downloads/spark:/home/rxie/Downloads/spark/bin:/usr/bin/java rxie@ubuntu:~/Downloads/spark$ spark-shell Error: Could not find or load main class org.apache.spark.launcher.Main *------------------------------------------------* *Sincerely yours,* *Raymond* On Sun, Jun 17, 2018 at 8:44 AM, Vamshi Talla <vamsh...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Raymond, > > > Is your SPARK_HOME set? In your .bash_profile, try setting the below: > > export SPARK_HOME=/home/Downloads/spark (or wherever your spark is > downloaded to) > > once done, source your .bash_profile or restart the shell and try > spark-shell > > > Best Regards, > > Vamshi T > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Raymond Xie <xie3208...@gmail.com> > *Sent:* Sunday, June 17, 2018 6:27 AM > *To:* user; Hui Xie > *Subject:* Error: Could not find or load main class > org.apache.spark.launcher.Main > > Hello, > > It would be really appreciated if anyone can help sort it out the > following path issue for me? I highly doubt this is related to missing path > setting but don't know how can I fix it. > > > > rxie@ubuntu:~/Downloads/spark$ echo $PATH > /usr/bin/java:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/ > bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin:/home/rxie/Downloads/s > > park:/home/rxie/Downloads/spark/bin:/usr/bin/java > rxie@ubuntu:~/Downloads/spark$ pyspark > Error: Could not find or load main class org.apache.spark.launcher.Main > rxie@ubuntu:~/Downloads/spark$ spark-shell > Error: Could not find or load main class org.apache.spark.launcher.Main > rxie@ubuntu:~/Downloads/spark$ pwd > /home/rxie/Downloads/spark > rxie@ubuntu:~/Downloads/spark$ ls > bin conf data examples jars kubernetes licenses R yarn > > > *------------------------------------------------* > *Sincerely yours,* > > > *Raymond* >