java.io.IOException: Could not locate executable null\bin\winutils.exe in the Hadoop binaries. spark Eclipse on windows 7

Question

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 null\bin\winutils.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>

Answer 1

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

1. Download winutils.exe from http://public-repo-1.hortonworks.com/hdp-win-alpha/winutils.exe.

2. SetUp your HADOOP_HOME environment variable on the OS level or programmatically:

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

3. Enjoy