If you don't have an Ubuntu 14.04 or 16.04 environment available, you can use Docker to develop. First, install Docker as you normally would. Then,
docker pull ubuntu:16.04 docker run --privileged --interactive --tty --name impala-dev ubuntu:16.04 bash
Now, within the container:
apt-get update apt-get install sudo adduser --disabled-password --gecos '' impdev echo 'impdev ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL' >> /etc/sudoers su - impdev
Then, as impdev in the container:
sudo apt-get --yes install git git clone https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-impala.git ~/Impala source ~/Impala/bin/bootstrap_development.sh
When that's done, start developing! When you're ready to pause, in a new terminal in the host:
docker commit impala-dev && docker stop impala-dev
When you're ready to get back to work:
docker start --interactive impala-dev
If instead of committing your work and stopping the container, you just want to detach from it, use ctrl-p ctrl-q. You can re-attach using the start command.