Hi Katelyn, It looks like the immediate cause of the problem is that you have a setuptools 0.7.x version installed. For whatever reason (it's arcane to me) that version is incompatible with the standard Python installation tools that we use for impala-shell. setuptools 0.6.x (which looks like what is provided by default on CentOS 6) or any setuptools version >= 0.8 should not have this problem.
We use CentOS 6.4 pretty heavily and it looks like we have 0.6.10 installed on those systems: $ yum info python-setuptools Name : python-setuptools Arch : noarch Version : 0.6.10 Release : 3.el6 Size : 1.5 M Repo : installed >From repo : centos-base Summary : Easily build and distribute Python packages URL : http://pypi.python.org/pypi/distribute License : Python or ZPLv2.0 Description : Setuptools is a collection of enhancements to the Python distutils : that allow you to more easily build and distribute Python : packages, especially ones that have dependencies on other : packages. : : This package contains the runtime components of setuptools, : necessary to execute the software that requires pkg_resources.py. Probably the most direct solution is to switch to Cheers, Tim On Tue, Apr 4, 2017 at 9:26 AM, Jim Apple <jbap...@cloudera.com> wrote: > Are you planning to develop Impala or just use it? If just using it, this > question might be better suited for user@ rather than dev@. > > apache.org mailing lists automatically set reply-to to the list. I'm sure > people who reply will attempt to cc you, but they may forget. I'd suggest > that you will be more likely to get replies by subscribing to the list you > are sending it to. > > What version of Ubuntu are you on? What are the "necessary apt-gets" you > have done? How did you originally install Impala? > > On Tue, Apr 4, 2017 at 5:37 AM, Katelyn Mulgrew <katelyn.mulg...@bjss.com> > wrote: > > > I am not part of the mailing list. Could you send your response to me at > > katelyn.mulg...@bjss.com<mailto:katelyn.mulg...@bjss.com>? See the > > question below: > > > > From: Katelyn Mulgrew > > Sent: Monday, April 3, 2017 4:55 PM > > To: 'dev@impala.incubator.apache.org' <dev@impala.incubator.apache.org> > > Subject: Installation Problem? > > > > Impala experts, > > > > I am trying to run the impala shell (what I really want is to see if I > > installed impala properly). I am on Ubuntu and have done all the > necessary > > apt-gets. However, when I write "impala-shell" and hit return, I get a > > number of errors, as described here https://issues.apache.org/ > > jira/browse/IMPALA-2863. Can you help me? > > > > Sincerely, > > > > Katelyn Mulgrew > > The information included in this email and any attachments transmitted > > with it may contain information that is confidential. This email and any > > attachments are for the exclusive and confidential use of the intended > > recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, please do not read, > copy, > > disclose, distribute or take action in reliance upon this email. If you > > have received this email in error, please notify the sender immediately > by > > return email and promptly delete this message and its attachments from > your > > computer system. In the absence of a signed writing to the contrary, > BJSS' > > relevant standard terms and conditions will apply to instructions or > > descriptions in this email regarding any work to be undertaken. BJSS > shall > > have no liability for any damages to your system or data caused by any > > virus transmitted by this email or any attachments. Please carry out > virus > > or such other checks as you consider appropriate. BJSS, Inc. 14 Wall > > Street, 20th Fl, Suite #2069, New York, NY 10005 > > >
