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Requirements

  • Java 1.7
    Note:  Hive version versions 1.2 onward requires Java 1.7 or newer. Hive versions 0.14 to 1.1 work with Java 1.6 , but prefer 1.7as well. Users are strongly advised to start moving to Java 1.8 (see HIVE-8607).  
  • Hadoop  2.x (preferred), 1.x.
    Hive versions up to 0.13 also supported Hadoop 0.20.x, 0.23.x.
  • Hive is commonly used in production Linux and Windows environment. Mac is a commonly used development environment. The instructions in this document are applicable to Linux and Mac. Using it on Windows would require slightly different steps.  

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