Apache Spark can be installed on Ubuntu via the following steps:
- Download the latest stable version of Apache Spark
- Unpack the compressed archive:
$ tar -xvf spark-2.1.1-bin-hadoop2.7.tgz
- Rename the resulting folder with a shorter name and move it to another directory:
$ sudo mv spark-2.1.1-bin-hadoop2.7 /usr/local/
$ sudo ln -s /usr/local/spark-2.1.1-bin-hadoop2.7/ /usr/local/spark
$ cd /usr/local/spark
- Export the SPARK_HOME variable:
$ export SPARK_HOME=/usr/local/spark
- Start a standalone master server:
$ $SPARK_HOME/sbin/start-master.sh
- Start a standalone worker process:
$ $SPARK_HOME/sbin/start-slave.sh spark://ethane:7077
$ spark-shell
If you are looking for an online course to learn Spark, check out this Spark Training program by Intellipaat.