Following is a list of errors observed, and their solutions. If you have something new please mail us at user@tez.apache.org.
Bower ESUDO ~ Cannot be run with sudo
Reason: You are running as root or with superuser permissions.
Solutions:Recommended: Run without superuser permission, or as a non-root user.
Alternate: If you want to continue as root, add <argument>--allow-root</argument> to arguments tag of exec-maven-plugin in tez-ui/pom.xml.
Failed to execute goal com.github.eirslett:frontend-maven-plugin ~ A required class was missing
Reason: Eirslett frontend-maven-plugin version(0.0.22 in above case) is not compatible with current maven version
Solution: Force the expected plugging version while building tez-ui: mvn clean package -Dfrontend-maven-plugin.version=0.0.XX
For maven version < 3.1 the frontend-maven-plugin version has to be <= 0.0.22
For maven version >=3.1 the frontend-maven-plugin version has to be >= 0.0.23Failed to execute goal com.github.eirslett:frontend-maven-plugin ~ Could not extract the Node archive
Reason: Archive extraction exception, may be the tar file is malformed.
Solution: Clear node_temp and restart setup with correct frontend-maven-plugin version (Check #2).Failed to execute goal com.github.eirslett:frontend-maven-plugin ~ Could not extract the Node archive
Reason: Probably you are behind a firewall which might be blocking git://
Solution: Try setting git to use https instead of git, by adding the following lines to ~/.gitconfig[url "https://“] insteadOf = git://