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authorMatei Zaharia <matei@eecs.berkeley.edu>2013-09-01 22:12:03 -0700
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Get Spark by visiting the [downloads page](http://spark.incubator.apache.org/downloads.html) of the Apache Spark site. This documentation is for Spark version {{site.SPARK_VERSION}}.
+Spark runs on both Windows and UNIX-like systems (e.g. Linux, Mac OS). All you need to run it is to have `java` to installed on your system `PATH`, or the `JAVA_HOME` environment variable pointing to a Java installation.
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# Building
Spark uses [Simple Build Tool](http://www.scala-sbt.org), which is bundled with it. To compile the code, go into the top-level Spark directory and run
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SPARK_HADOOP_VERSION=2.0.5-alpha SPARK_YARN=true sbt/sbt assembly
+(Note that on Windows, you need to set the environment variables on separate lines, e.g., `set SPARK_HADOOP_VERSION=1.2.1`.)
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# Where to Go from Here
**Programming guides:**