From 1fd33815f47478f5f2e8b55b90757819b8cb5247 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sean Owen Date: Sat, 16 May 2015 08:18:41 +0100 Subject: [SPARK-4556] [BUILD] binary distribution assembly can't run in local mode Add note on building a runnable distribution with make-distribution.sh Author: Sean Owen Closes #6186 from srowen/SPARK-4556 and squashes the following commits: 4002966 [Sean Owen] Add pointer to --help flag 9fa7883 [Sean Owen] Add note on building a runnable distribution with make-distribution.sh --- docs/building-spark.md | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/building-spark.md b/docs/building-spark.md index 6e310ff424..4dbccb9e6e 100644 --- a/docs/building-spark.md +++ b/docs/building-spark.md @@ -34,6 +34,16 @@ and in `project/SparkBuild.scala` add: to the `sharedSettings` val. See also [this PR](https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/2883/files) if you are unsure of where to add these lines. +# Building a Runnable Distribution + +To create a Spark distribution like those distributed by the +[Spark Downloads](http://spark.apache.org/downloads.html) page, and that is laid out so as +to be runnable, use `make-distribution.sh` in the project root directory. It can be configured +with Maven profile settings and so on like the direct Maven build. Example: + + ./make-distribution.sh --name custom-spark --tgz -Phadoop-2.4 -Pyarn + +For more information on usage, run `./make-distribution.sh --help` # Setting up Maven's Memory Usage -- cgit v1.2.3