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* [Apache Mesos](running-on-mesos.html)
* [Hadoop YARN](running-on-yarn.html)
+There is a script, `./make-distribution.sh`, which will create a binary distribution of Spark for deployment
+to any machine with only the Java runtime as a necessary dependency.
+Running the script creates a distribution directory in `dist/`, or the `-tgz` option to create a .tgz file.
+Check the script for additional options.
+
# A Note About Hadoop Versions
Spark uses the Hadoop-client library to talk to HDFS and other Hadoop-supported