Try the instructions for "branch-1" at https://wiki.apache.org/hadoop/QwertyManiac/BuildingHadoopTrunk
-Ray On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 11:08 AM, buddhika chamith <chamibuddh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi All, > > Apologies if this has been addressed somewhere already. But I couldn't > find relevant information on building from source at [1]. I have downloaded > 1.2.1 from [2]. Any pointers appreciated. (I am on OSX. But I could switch > to Linux if required which I expect to be the case?). > > Regards > Bud > > [1] http://hadoop.apache.org/docs/r1.2.1/ > [2] http://mirrors.sonic.net/apache/hadoop/common/hadoop-1.2.1/ >