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Install the Apache Bigtop GPG key
No Format wget -O- http://archive.apache.org/dist/bigtop/bigtop-0.56.0/repos/GPG-KEY-bigtop | sudo apt-key add -
Make sure to grab the repo file:
No Format sudo wget -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/bigtop.list http://archive.apache.org/dist/bigtop/bigtop-0.6.0/repos/`lsb_release --codename --short`/bigtop.list
Update the apt cache
No Format sudo apt-get update
Browse through the artifacts
No Format apt-cache search mahout
Install bigtop-utils
No Format sudo apt-get install bigtop-utils
Make sure that you have the latest JDK installed on your system as well. You can either get it from the official Oracle website (http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk-6u29-download-513648.html) or follow the advice given by your Linux distribution. If your JDK is installed in a non-standard location, make sure to add the line below to the /etc/default/bigtop-utils file
No Format export JAVA_HOME=XXXX
Install the full Hadoop stack (or parts of it)
No Format sudo apt-get install hadoop\* flume-* mahout\* oozie\* whirr-* hive\* hue\*
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