ENV: Ubuntu 12.04
1. Install Eclipse
2. create desktop shortcut for Eclipse
a. create an empty document named eclipse.xx
b. edit eclipse.xx like followings (avoid failing to open eclipse memu Items)
[Desktop Entry] Categories=Development; Comment[zh_CN]= Comment= Exec=/home/zhaohj/soft/eclipse GenericName[zh_CN]=IDE GenericName=IDE Icon=/home/zhaohj/soft/eclipse/icon.xpm MimeType= Name[zh_CN]=eclipse Name=eclipse Path= StartupNotify=true Terminal=false Type=Application X-DBUS-ServiceName= X-DBUS-StartupType= X-KDE-SubstituteUID=false X-KDE-Username=owen Exec=env UBUNTU_MENUPROXY= /home/zhaohj/soft/eclipse/eclipse
c. download plugins for hadoop hadoop-eclipse-kepler-plugin-2.2.0.jar (google it to find the download address ) and put it to eclipse's plugins dir
d.Configure Hadoop in eclipse
configure DFS Location
import hadoop project to eclipse
method one: http://www.superwu.cn/2013/08/04/355/
method two:
#mvn eclipse:eclipse -DskipTests //convert maven project to eclipse project
then import existed project to eclipse
References
https://developer.yahoo.com/hadoop/tutorial/module3.html#eclipse
http://blog.cloudera.com/blog/2009/04/configuring-eclipse-for-hadoop-development-a-screencast/