Installing rhdfs

The rhdfs package is the interface between R and HDFS, which allows users to access HDFS from an R console. Similar to rmr2, one should install rhdfs on every task node, so that one can access HDFS resources through R. In this recipe, we will introduce how to install rhdfs on the Cloudera QuickStart VM.

Getting ready

Ensure that you have completed the previous recipe by starting the Cloudera QuickStart VM and connecting the VM to the Internet, so that you can proceed with downloading and installing the rhdfs package.

How to do it...

Perform the following steps to install rhdfs:

  1. First, you can download rhdfs 1.0.8 from GitHub. You may need to update the link if Revolution Analytics upgrades the version of rhdfs:
    $wget --no-check-certificate ...

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