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I'm not able to run a simple spark job in Scala IDE (Maven spark project) installed on Windows 7

Spark core dependency has been added.

val conf = new SparkConf().setAppName("DemoDF").setMaster("local")
val sc = new SparkContext(conf)
val logData = sc.textFile("File.txt")
logData.count()

Error:

16/02/26 18:29:33 INFO SparkContext: Created broadcast 0 from textFile at FrameDemo.scala:13
16/02/26 18:29:34 ERROR Shell: Failed to locate the winutils binary in the hadoop binary path
java.io.IOException: Could not locate executable nullinwinutils.exe in the Hadoop binaries.
    at org.apache.hadoop.util.Shell.getQualifiedBinPath(Shell.java:278)
    at org.apache.hadoop.util.Shell.getWinUtilsPath(Shell.java:300)
    at org.apache.hadoop.util.Shell.<clinit>(Shell.java:293)
    at org.apache.hadoop.util.StringUtils.<clinit>(StringUtils.java:76)
    at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.FileInputFormat.setInputPaths(FileInputFormat.java:362)
    at <br>org.apache.spark.SparkContext$$anonfun$hadoopFile$1$$anonfun$33.apply(SparkContext.scala:1015)
    at org.apache.spark.SparkContext$$anonfun$hadoopFile$1$$anonfun$33.apply(SparkContext.scala:1015)
    at <br>org.apache.spark.rdd.HadoopRDD$$anonfun$getJobConf$6.apply(HadoopRDD.scala:176)
    at <br>org.apache.spark.rdd.HadoopRDD$$anonfun$getJobConf$6.apply(HadoopRDD.scala:176)<br>
    at scala.Option.map(Option.scala:145)<br>
    at org.apache.spark.rdd.HadoopRDD.getJobConf(HadoopRDD.scala:176)<br>
    at org.apache.spark.rdd.HadoopRDD.getPartitions(HadoopRDD.scala:195)<br>
    at org.apache.spark.rdd.RDD$$anonfun$partitions$2.apply(RDD.scala:239)<br>
    at org.apache.spark.rdd.RDD$$anonfun$partitions$2.apply(RDD.scala:237)<br>
    at scala.Option.getOrElse(Option.scala:120)<br>
    at org.apache.spark.rdd.RDD.partitions(RDD.scala:237)<br>
    at org.apache.spark.rdd.MapPartitionsRDD.getPartitions(MapPartitionsRDD.scala:35)<br>
    at org.apache.spark.rdd.RDD$$anonfun$partitions$2.apply(RDD.scala:239)<br>
    at org.apache.spark.rdd.RDD$$anonfun$partitions$2.apply(RDD.scala:237)<br>
    at scala.Option.getOrElse(Option.scala:120)<br>
    at org.apache.spark.rdd.RDD.partitions(RDD.scala:237)<br>
    at org.apache.spark.SparkContext.runJob(SparkContext.scala:1929)<br>
    at org.apache.spark.rdd.RDD.count(RDD.scala:1143)<br>
    at com.org.SparkDF.FrameDemo$.main(FrameDemo.scala:14)<br>
    at com.org.SparkDF.FrameDemo.main(FrameDemo.scala)<br>

Taky · Accepted Answer · 2019-04-09 15:51:15Z

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Here is a good explanation of your problem with the solution.

Download winutils.exe from http://public-repo-1.hortonworks.com/hdp-win-alpha/winutils.exe.
SetUp your HADOOP_HOME environment variable on the OS level or programmatically:

System.setProperty("hadoop.home.dir", "full path to the folder with winutils");
Enjoy

edited Apr 9 '19 at 15:51

answered Feb 26 '16 at 13:21

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I have to set HADOOP_HOME to hadoop folder instead of the bin folder. – Stanley Aug 29 '16 at 7:44
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Also, be sure to download the correct winutils.exe based on the version of hadoop that spark is compiled for (so, not necessarily the link above). Otherwise, pain awaits :) – NP3 Jun 30 '17 at 12:14
System.setProperty("hadoop.home.dir", "C:\hadoop-2.7.1\") – Shyam Gupta Oct 14 '17 at 19:00
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yes exactly as @Stanley says. worked with setting up the HADOOP_HOME to hadoop folder instead of the bin folder. – Jazz Apr 9 '19 at 13:09
@NP3 and how do you know that version? I am using latest pyspark. Thanks, – JDPeckham Nov 10 '19 at 19:12

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Kenny John Jacob · Answer 2 · 2017-08-21 07:09:32Z

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Download winutils.exe
Create folder, say C:winutilsin
Copy winutils.exe inside C:winutilsin
Set environment variable HADOOP_HOME to C:winutils

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also, if you have a cmd line open, restart it for the variables to take affect. – eych Aug 21 '19 at 16:51

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Ani Menon · Answer 3 · 2017-01-11 06:28:17Z

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Follow this:

Create a bin folder in any directory(to be used in step 3).
Download winutils.exe and place it in the bin directory.
Now add System.setProperty("hadoop.home.dir", "PATH/TO/THE/DIR"); in your code.

edited Jan 11 '17 at 6:28

answered Jan 11 '17 at 6:22

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Thanks a lot, just what i was looking for – user373201 Feb 27 '17 at 2:59
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It is to be noted that the path to be pointed should not include the 'bin' directory. Ex: If the path where winutils.exe is "D://Hadoop//bin//winutils.exe" , then the path for hadoop.home.dir should be "D://Hadoop" – Keshav Pradeep Ramanath May 31 '18 at 10:30

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Community · Answer 4 · 2020-06-20 09:12:55Z

if we see below issue

ERROR Shell: Failed to locate the winutils binary in the hadoop binary path

java.io.IOException: Could not locate executable nullinwinutils.exe in the Hadoop binaries.

then do following steps

download winutils.exe from http://public-repo-1.hortonworks.com/hdp- win-alpha/winutils.exe.
and keep this under bin folder of any folder you created for.e.g. C:Hadoopin
and in program add following line before creating SparkContext or SparkConf System.setProperty("hadoop.home.dir", "C:Hadoop");

user1023627 · Answer 5 · 2018-06-27 10:42:29Z

On Windows 10 - you should add two different arguments.

(1) Add the new variable and value as - HADOOP_HOME and path (i.e. c:Hadoop) under System Variables.

(2) Add/append new entry to the "Path" variable as "C:Hadoopin".

The above worked for me.

Sampat Kumar · Answer 6 · 2018-09-30 07:39:37Z

1) Download winutils.exe from https://github.com/steveloughran/winutils 
2) Create a directory In windows "C:winutilsin
3) Copy the winutils.exe inside the above bib folder .
4) Set the environmental property in the code 
  System.setProperty("hadoop.home.dir", "file:///C:/winutils/");
5) Create a folder "file:///C:/temp" and give 777 permissions.
6) Add config property in spark Session ".config("spark.sql.warehouse.dir", "file:///C:/temp")"

Joabe Lucena · Answer 7 · 2018-04-03 18:28:22Z

I got the same problem while running unit tests. I found this workaround solution:

The following workaround allows to get rid of this message:

    File workaround = new File(".");
    System.getProperties().put("hadoop.home.dir", workaround.getAbsolutePath());
    new File("./bin").mkdirs();
    new File("./bin/winutils.exe").createNewFile();

from: https://issues.cloudera.org/browse/DISTRO-544

score 2 · Answer 8

You can alternatively download winutils.exe from GITHub:

https://github.com/steveloughran/winutils/tree/master/hadoop-2.7.1/bin

replace hadoop-2.7.1 with the version you want and place the file in D:hadoopin

If you do not have access rights to the environment variable settings on your machine, simply add the below line to your code:

System.setProperty("hadoop.home.dir", "D:\hadoop");

java.io.IOException: Could not locate executable nullinwinutils.exe in the Hadoop binaries.

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java.io.IOException: Could not locate executable nullinwinutils.exe in the Hadoop binaries.