Apache Pig Installation

In this section, we will perform the pig installation.

Pre-requisite

• Java Installation - Check whether the Java is installed or not using the following command.

1. $java -version  

• Hadoop Installation - Check whether the Hadoop is installed or not using the following command.

1. $hadoop version  

If any of them is not installed in your system, follow the below link to install it. 

Steps to install Apache Pig

• Download the Apache Pig tar file.
• Unzip the downloaded tar file.

1. $ tar -xvf pig-0.16.0.tar.gz  

• Open the bashrc file.

1. $ sudo nano ~/.bashrc  

• Now, provide the following PIG_HOME path.

1. export PIG_HOME=/home/hduser/pig-0.16.0  
2. export PATH=$PATH:$PIG_HOME/bin  

• Update the environment variable

1. $ source ~/.bashrc  

• Let's test the installation on the command prompt type

1. $ pig -h  

• Let's start the pig in MapReduce mode.

1. $ pig