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Hive installation has these requirements:
- Java 1.7 (preferred), Java 1.6.
Note: Hive version 0.15 will use 1.2 requires Java 1.7 or newer. Hive versions 0.14 to 1.1 work with Java 1.6, but prefer 1.7. 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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Installing from Source Code (Hive 1.2.0 and Later)
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To build Hive 1.2.0 and later releases with Apache Maven, see Getting Started: Building Hive from Source. You will need Java 1.7 or newer. |
Installing from Source Code (Hive 0.13.0 and Later)
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Installing Hive is simple and only requires having Java 1.6 and 6 and Ant installed on your machine (for Hive 0.12 and earlier).
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