Download, Copy and Unpack Hadoop
The next step is to download and copy the Hadoop distribution.
- Download hadoop 0.19.1 and place in some folder on your computer such as C:\Java.
- Open Cygwin command prompt.
- Execute the following command:
cd
- Execute the following command to enable your home directory folder to be shown in the Windows Explorer window:
explorer .
- Open another Explorer window and navigate to the folder that contains the downloaded Hadoop archive.
- Copy the Hadoop archive into your home directory folder.
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