How to Install Apache Hive with Hadoop on CentOS, Ubuntu and LinuxMint

    RahulBy Updated:2 Mins Read

    What is Apache Hive ? The Apache Hive data warehouse software facilitates querying and managing large datasets residing in distributed storage. Hive provides a mechanism to project structure onto this data and query the data using an SQL-like language called HiveQL. Read More on Official site

    This how-to guide will help you to Install Apache Hive on CentOS/RHEL with Hadoop with easy steps.

    Step 1: Install JAVA and Hadoop

    Apache Hive required java 6 or later version. We also need to install hadoop first before installing apache hive on our system. Use below links to install them

    Steps to Install JAVA on CentOS and RHEL 7/6/5
    Steps to Install Hadoop on Linux

    Step 2: Download Hive Archive

    After configuring hadoop successfully on your linux system. lets start hive setup. First download latest hive source code and extract archive using following commands.

    # cd /home/hadoop
# wget http://archive.apache.org/dist/hive/hive-0.12.0/hive-0.12.0-bin.tar.gz
# tar xzf hive-0.12.0-bin.tar.gz
# mv hive-0.12.0-bin hive
# chown -R hadoop hive

    Step 3: Setup Environment Variables

    After extracting hive archive file, switch to hadoop user and setup following environment variables.

    # su - hadoop
$ export HADOOP_HOME=/home/hadoop/hadoop
$ export HADOOP_PREFIX=/home/hadoop/hadoop
$ export HIVE_HOME=/home/hadoop/hive
$ export PATH=$HIVE_HOME/bin:$PATH

    Step 4: Start Hive

    Before running hive we need to create /tmp and /user/hive/warehouse and set them chmod g+w in HDFS before create a table in Hive. Use the following commands.

    $ cd /home/hadoop/hive
$ $HADOOP_HOME/bin/hadoop fs -mkdir /tmp
$ $HADOOP_HOME/bin/hadoop fs -mkdir /user/hive/warehouse
$ $HADOOP_HOME/bin/hadoop fs -chmod g+w /tmp
$ $HADOOP_HOME/bin/hadoop fs -chmod g+w /user/hive/warehouse

    Lets start using hive using following command.

    $ bin/hive

Logging initialized using configuration in jar:file:/home/hadoop/hive/lib/hive-common-0.12.0.jar!/hive-log4j.properties
hive>

    Step 5: Create Demo Table and Test

    At this stage you have successfully installed hive. Lets create a sample table using following command

    hive>  CREATE TABLE demo1 (id int, name string);
OK
Time taken: 6.565 seconds

    Show the created tables with below command.

    hive> SHOW TABLES;
OK
demo1
Time taken: 0.231 seconds, Fetched: 1 row(s)

    Drop the table using below command.

    hive> DROP TABLE demo1;
OK
Time taken: 2.393 seconds

    Read more about SQL operations on hive on apache hive official site.

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    13 Comments

    1. Christos on

      hello I am trying to run hive but i got the following error:

      WARNING: HADOOP_PREFIX has been replaced by HADOOP_HOME. Using value of HADOOP_PREFIX.
      SLF4J: Class path contains multiple SLF4J bindings.
      SLF4J: Found binding in [jar:file:/home/hadoop/hadoop/share/hadoop/common/lib/slf4j-log4j12-1.7.25.jar!/org/slf4j/impl/StaticLoggerBinder.class]
      SLF4J: Found binding in [jar:file:/home/hadoop/hive/lib/slf4j-log4j12-1.6.1.jar!/org/slf4j/impl/StaticLoggerBinder.class]
      SLF4J: See http://www.slf4j.org/codes.html#multiple_bindings for an explanation.
      SLF4J: Actual binding is of type [org.slf4j.impl.Log4jLoggerFactory]
      WARNING: HADOOP_PREFIX has been replaced by HADOOP_HOME. Using value of HADOOP_PREFIX.
      SLF4J: Class path contains multiple SLF4J bindings.
      SLF4J: Found binding in [jar:file:/home/hadoop/hadoop/share/hadoop/common/lib/slf4j-log4j12-1.7.25.jar!/org/slf4j/impl/StaticLoggerBinder.class]
      SLF4J: Found binding in [jar:file:/home/hadoop/hive/lib/slf4j-log4j12-1.6.1.jar!/org/slf4j/impl/StaticLoggerBinder.class]
      SLF4J: See http://www.slf4j.org/codes.html#multiple_bindings for an explanation.
      SLF4J: Actual binding is of type [org.slf4j.impl.Log4jLoggerFactory]
      2018-07-25 10:31:25,026 INFO Configuration.deprecation: mapred.input.dir.recursive is deprecated. Instead, use mapreduce.input.fileinputformat.input.dir.recursive
      2018-07-25 10:31:25,028 INFO Configuration.deprecation: mapred.max.split.size is deprecated. Instead, use mapreduce.input.fileinputformat.split.maxsize
      2018-07-25 10:31:25,028 INFO Configuration.deprecation: mapred.min.split.size is deprecated. Instead, use mapreduce.input.fileinputformat.split.minsize
      2018-07-25 10:31:25,028 INFO Configuration.deprecation: mapred.min.split.size.per.rack is deprecated. Instead, use mapreduce.input.fileinputformat.split.minsize.per.rack
      2018-07-25 10:31:25,028 INFO Configuration.deprecation: mapred.min.split.size.per.node is deprecated. Instead, use mapreduce.input.fileinputformat.split.minsize.per.node
      2018-07-25 10:31:25,028 INFO Configuration.deprecation: mapred.reduce.tasks is deprecated. Instead, use mapreduce.job.reduces
      2018-07-25 10:31:25,029 INFO Configuration.deprecation: mapred.reduce.tasks.speculative.execution is deprecated. Instead, use mapreduce.reduce.speculative
      2018-07-25 10:31:25,656 WARN util.NativeCodeLoader: Unable to load native-hadoop library for your platform… using builtin-java classes where applicable
      log4j:ERROR Could not instantiate class [org.apache.hadoop.hive.shims.HiveEventCounter].
      java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Unrecognized Hadoop major version number: 3.1.0
      at org.apache.hadoop.hive.shims.ShimLoader.getMajorVersion(ShimLoader.java:154)
      at org.apache.hadoop.hive.shims.ShimLoader.loadShims(ShimLoader.java:113)
      at org.apache.hadoop.hive.shims.ShimLoader.getEventCounter(ShimLoader.java:98)
      at org.apache.hadoop.hive.shims.HiveEventCounter.(HiveEventCounter.java:34)
      at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
      at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:62)
      at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45)
      at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:423)
      at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Class.java:442)
      at org.apache.log4j.helpers.OptionConverter.instantiateByClassName(OptionConverter.java:337)
      at org.apache.log4j.helpers.OptionConverter.instantiateByKey(OptionConverter.java:124)
      at org.apache.log4j.PropertyConfigurator.parseAppender(PropertyConfigurator.java:785)
      at org.apache.log4j.PropertyConfigurator.parseCategory(PropertyConfigurator.java:768)
      at org.apache.log4j.PropertyConfigurator.configureRootCategory(PropertyConfigurator.java:648)
      at org.apache.log4j.PropertyConfigurator.doConfigure(PropertyConfigurator.java:514)
      at org.apache.log4j.PropertyConfigurator.doConfigure(PropertyConfigurator.java:580)
      at org.apache.log4j.PropertyConfigurator.configure(PropertyConfigurator.java:415)
      at org.apache.hadoop.hive.common.LogUtils.initHiveLog4jDefault(LogUtils.java:124)
      at org.apache.hadoop.hive.common.LogUtils.initHiveLog4jCommon(LogUtils.java:77)
      at org.apache.hadoop.hive.common.LogUtils.initHiveLog4j(LogUtils.java:58)
      at org.apache.hadoop.hive.cli.CliDriver.run(CliDriver.java:630)
      at org.apache.hadoop.hive.cli.CliDriver.main(CliDriver.java:614)
      at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
      at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
      at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
      at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
      at org.apache.hadoop.util.RunJar.run(RunJar.java:308)
      at org.apache.hadoop.util.RunJar.main(RunJar.java:222)
      log4j:ERROR Could not instantiate appender named “EventCounter”.

      Logging initialized using configuration in jar:file:/home/hadoop/hive/lib/hive-common-0.12.0.jar!/hive-log4j.properties
      Exception in thread “main” java.lang.RuntimeException: org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.HiveException: java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Unrecognized Hadoop major version number: 3.1.0
      at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.session.SessionState.start(SessionState.java:286)
      at org.apache.hadoop.hive.cli.CliDriver.run(CliDriver.java:670)
      at org.apache.hadoop.hive.cli.CliDriver.main(CliDriver.java:614)
      at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
      at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
      at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
      at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
      at org.apache.hadoop.util.RunJar.run(RunJar.java:308)
      at org.apache.hadoop.util.RunJar.main(RunJar.java:222)
      Caused by: org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.HiveException: java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Unrecognized Hadoop major version number: 3.1.0
      at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.HiveUtils.getAuthenticator(HiveUtils.java:368)
      at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.session.SessionState.start(SessionState.java:278)
      … 8 more
      Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Unrecognized Hadoop major version number: 3.1.0
      at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.security.HadoopDefaultAuthenticator.setConf(HadoopDefaultAuthenticator.java:53)
      at org.apache.hadoop.util.ReflectionUtils.setConf(ReflectionUtils.java:77)
      at org.apache.hadoop.util.ReflectionUtils.newInstance(ReflectionUtils.java:137)
      at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.HiveUtils.getAuthenticator(HiveUtils.java:365)
      … 9 more
      Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Unrecognized Hadoop major version number: 3.1.0
      at org.apache.hadoop.hive.shims.ShimLoader.getMajorVersion(ShimLoader.java:154)
      at org.apache.hadoop.hive.shims.ShimLoader.loadShims(ShimLoader.java:113)
      at org.apache.hadoop.hive.shims.ShimLoader.getHadoopShims(ShimLoader.java:80)
      at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.security.HadoopDefaultAuthenticator.setConf(HadoopDefaultAuthenticator.java:51)

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    2. Christos on

      I am trying to run hive but I got the following error:
      WARNING: HADOOP_PREFIX has been replaced by HADOOP_HOME. Using value of HADOOP_PREFIX.
      SLF4J: Class path contains multiple SLF4J bindings.
      SLF4J: Found binding in [jar:file:/home/hadoop/hadoop/share/hadoop/common/lib/slf4j-log4j12-1.7.25.jar!/org/slf4j/impl/StaticLoggerBinder.class]
      SLF4J: Found binding in [jar:file:/home/hadoop/hive/lib/slf4j-log4j12-1.6.1.jar!/org/slf4j/impl/StaticLoggerBinder.class]
      SLF4J: See http://www.slf4j.org/codes.html#multiple_bindings for an explanation.
      SLF4J: Actual binding is of type [org.slf4j.impl.Log4jLoggerFactory]
      WARNING: HADOOP_PREFIX has been replaced by HADOOP_HOME. Using value of HADOOP_PREFIX.
      SLF4J: Class path contains multiple SLF4J bindings.
      SLF4J: Found binding in [jar:file:/home/hadoop/hadoop/share/hadoop/common/lib/slf4j-log4j12-1.7.25.jar!/org/slf4j/impl/StaticLoggerBinder.class]
      SLF4J: Found binding in [jar:file:/home/hadoop/hive/lib/slf4j-log4j12-1.6.1.jar!/org/slf4j/impl/StaticLoggerBinder.class]
      SLF4J: See http://www.slf4j.org/codes.html#multiple_bindings for an explanation.
      SLF4J: Actual binding is of type [org.slf4j.impl.Log4jLoggerFactory]
      2018-07-25 10:31:25,026 INFO Configuration.deprecation: mapred.input.dir.recursive is deprecated. Instead, use mapreduce.input.fileinputformat.input.dir.recursive
      2018-07-25 10:31:25,028 INFO Configuration.deprecation: mapred.max.split.size is deprecated. Instead, use mapreduce.input.fileinputformat.split.maxsize
      2018-07-25 10:31:25,028 INFO Configuration.deprecation: mapred.min.split.size is deprecated. Instead, use mapreduce.input.fileinputformat.split.minsize
      2018-07-25 10:31:25,028 INFO Configuration.deprecation: mapred.min.split.size.per.rack is deprecated. Instead, use mapreduce.input.fileinputformat.split.minsize.per.rack
      2018-07-25 10:31:25,028 INFO Configuration.deprecation: mapred.min.split.size.per.node is deprecated. Instead, use mapreduce.input.fileinputformat.split.minsize.per.node
      2018-07-25 10:31:25,028 INFO Configuration.deprecation: mapred.reduce.tasks is deprecated. Instead, use mapreduce.job.reduces
      2018-07-25 10:31:25,029 INFO Configuration.deprecation: mapred.reduce.tasks.speculative.execution is deprecated. Instead, use mapreduce.reduce.speculative
      2018-07-25 10:31:25,656 WARN util.NativeCodeLoader: Unable to load native-hadoop library for your platform… using builtin-java classes where applicable
      log4j:ERROR Could not instantiate class [org.apache.hadoop.hive.shims.HiveEventCounter].
      java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Unrecognized Hadoop major version number: 3.1.0
      at org.apache.hadoop.hive.shims.ShimLoader.getMajorVersion(ShimLoader.java:154)
      at org.apache.hadoop.hive.shims.ShimLoader.loadShims(ShimLoader.java:113)
      at org.apache.hadoop.hive.shims.ShimLoader.getEventCounter(ShimLoader.java:98)
      at org.apache.hadoop.hive.shims.HiveEventCounter.(HiveEventCounter.java:34)
      at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
      at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:62)
      at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45)
      at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:423)
      at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Class.java:442)
      at org.apache.log4j.helpers.OptionConverter.instantiateByClassName(OptionConverter.java:337)
      at org.apache.log4j.helpers.OptionConverter.instantiateByKey(OptionConverter.java:124)
      at org.apache.log4j.PropertyConfigurator.parseAppender(PropertyConfigurator.java:785)
      at org.apache.log4j.PropertyConfigurator.parseCategory(PropertyConfigurator.java:768)
      at org.apache.log4j.PropertyConfigurator.configureRootCategory(PropertyConfigurator.java:648)
      at org.apache.log4j.PropertyConfigurator.doConfigure(PropertyConfigurator.java:514)
      at org.apache.log4j.PropertyConfigurator.doConfigure(PropertyConfigurator.java:580)
      at org.apache.log4j.PropertyConfigurator.configure(PropertyConfigurator.java:415)
      at org.apache.hadoop.hive.common.LogUtils.initHiveLog4jDefault(LogUtils.java:124)
      at org.apache.hadoop.hive.common.LogUtils.initHiveLog4jCommon(LogUtils.java:77)
      at org.apache.hadoop.hive.common.LogUtils.initHiveLog4j(LogUtils.java:58)
      at org.apache.hadoop.hive.cli.CliDriver.run(CliDriver.java:630)
      at org.apache.hadoop.hive.cli.CliDriver.main(CliDriver.java:614)
      at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
      at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
      at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
      at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
      at org.apache.hadoop.util.RunJar.run(RunJar.java:308)
      at org.apache.hadoop.util.RunJar.main(RunJar.java:222)
      log4j:ERROR Could not instantiate appender named “EventCounter”.

      Logging initialized using configuration in jar:file:/home/hadoop/hive/lib/hive-common-0.12.0.jar!/hive-log4j.properties
      Exception in thread “main” java.lang.RuntimeException: org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.HiveException: java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Unrecognized Hadoop major version number: 3.1.0
      at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.session.SessionState.start(SessionState.java:286)
      at org.apache.hadoop.hive.cli.CliDriver.run(CliDriver.java:670)
      at org.apache.hadoop.hive.cli.CliDriver.main(CliDriver.java:614)
      at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
      at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
      at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
      at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
      at org.apache.hadoop.util.RunJar.run(RunJar.java:308)
      at org.apache.hadoop.util.RunJar.main(RunJar.java:222)
      Caused by: org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.HiveException: java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Unrecognized Hadoop major version number: 3.1.0
      at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.HiveUtils.getAuthenticator(HiveUtils.java:368)
      at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.session.SessionState.start(SessionState.java:278)
      … 8 more
      Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Unrecognized Hadoop major version number: 3.1.0
      at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.security.HadoopDefaultAuthenticator.setConf(HadoopDefaultAuthenticator.java:53)
      at org.apache.hadoop.util.ReflectionUtils.setConf(ReflectionUtils.java:77)
      at org.apache.hadoop.util.ReflectionUtils.newInstance(ReflectionUtils.java:137)
      at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.HiveUtils.getAuthenticator(HiveUtils.java:365)
      … 9 more
      Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Unrecognized Hadoop major version number: 3.1.0
      at org.apache.hadoop.hive.shims.ShimLoader.getMajorVersion(ShimLoader.java:154)
      at org.apache.hadoop.hive.shims.ShimLoader.loadShims(ShimLoader.java:113)
      at org.apache.hadoop.hive.shims.ShimLoader.getHadoopShims(ShimLoader.java:80)
      at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.security.HadoopDefaultAuthenticator.setConf(HadoopDefaultAuthenticator.java:51)
      … 12 more

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    3. obiero on

      Why I’m getting the error: No such file or directory ?

      [email protected] [~/hive]# $HADOOP_HOME/bin/hadoop fs -mkdir /usr/hive/warehouse/
      WARNING: HADOOP_PREFIX has been replaced by HADOOP_HOME. Using value of HADOOP_PREFIX.
      2018-01-17 13:02:33,608 WARN util.NativeCodeLoader: Unable to load native-hadoop library for your platform… using builtin-java classes where applicable
      mkdir: `/usr/hive/warehouse/’: No such file or directory
      [email protected] [~/hive]#

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    5. sidharth on

      can uh help me for configuring $HADOOP_HOME path ?
      which one i should prefer…
      HADOOP_HOME=/home/hadoop/hadoop
      ……..
      OR
      …….
      HADOOP_HOME=/opt/hadoop/hadoop
      …..tell me ??

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    6. sankar on

      Hi Rahul,
      you missed one step here. Below command should be run to create db. Then only you will be able to create table and stuff. If I said correct then, please add this step into it. So that in future whoever viewing this steps will be helpful.
      >> schematool -initSchema -dbType derby<<

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      • sai on

        Hi Sankar, Tried with the command, but facing below error
        Starting metastore schema initialization to 3.1.0
        Initialization script hive-schema-3.1.0.derby.sql
        Exception in thread “main” java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/hive/jdbc/JdbcUriParseException
        at org.apache.hive.beeline.HiveSchemaTool.runBeeLine(HiveSchemaTool.java:1213)
        at org.apache.hive.beeline.HiveSchemaTool.runBeeLine(HiveSchemaTool.java:1204)
        at org.apache.hive.beeline.HiveSchemaTool.doInit(HiveSchemaTool.java:590)
        at org.apache.hive.beeline.HiveSchemaTool.doInit(HiveSchemaTool.java:567)
        at org.apache.hive.beeline.HiveSchemaTool.main(HiveSchemaTool.java:1517)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
        at org.apache.hadoop.util.RunJar.run(RunJar.java:323)
        at org.apache.hadoop.util.RunJar.main(RunJar.java:236)
        Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.apache.hive.jdbc.JdbcUriParseException
        at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:382)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:418)
        at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:352)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:351)
        … 11 more

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    8. jems on

      on the previous tutorial about installing hadoop, the HADOOP_HOME=/home/hadoop/hadoop
      but in this tutorial its become HADOOP_HOME=/opt/hadoop/hadoop. should i use the first one or change to /opt ?

      Reply

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