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Permission Issues when Installing Softwares in Linux

Sometime when you install softwares in Linux, you get an error message saying that you do not have permission while you used sudo or the root account. This probably means that you do not have full access to some installation files. An easy way to solve this problem is to …

Tips on Installing Debian Series of Linux Distributions

Before Installation

Debian Specific

  1. You'd better not install back ported Debian images, as it might cause issues with other software (e.g., VirtualBox). It is suggested that you use Debian test.

Other Debian-based Linux Distributions

  1. Download the right ISO image of the Linux distribution that you want to install.

  2. Create …

Get CentOS Version

You can get the version of CentOS using the following command.

rpm -q centos-release

This trick can be used to get the version of the CentOS distribution on a Spark cluster. Basically, you run this command in the driver or workers to print the versions and then parse the log …

Spark Issue: Shell Related

Symptom 1

/bin/sh: hdfs: command not found

Possible Causes of Symptom 1

The command hdfs is not on the search path.

Possible Solutions to Symptom 1

  1. Use the full path to the command.
  2. Configure the environment variable PATH before you use the command.
  3. Find other alternatives to the command …