Hi,
why every tutorial I found so far makes integrating Eclipse with Mahout so
complicated?
With complicated I mean (1) getting the source from svn-trunk, (2) compiling
the source with maven, (3) generating an eclipse-maven project with "mvn
eclipse:eclipse"?
I am just starting to use Mahout and want to run as many examples as I can to
get experience about using clustering algorithms "the right way".
If I understood correctly, then there are two ways to interact with Mahout and
write "programs" for it:
1. with scripts in bin/ folder, which are boundled into a single batch.sh
script file
2. programming against the Mahout Java API, so "embedding Mahout" in a Java
application
With which approach should I start?
I am trying to start with approach 2., but maybe I should start 1.? I don't
know.
My way to start with approach 2. is very simple
1. Create a new Maven-project in Eclipse with File > New > Other > Maven
Project
So no need to deal with CLI or "mvn eclipce:eclipse" at all
2. In Eclipse double-click on pom.xml, open the "Dependendencies" tab, click
on "Add...",
search for "mahout" and select "mahout-core", which basically includes the
following:
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.mahout</groupId>
<artifactId>mahout-core</artifactId>
<version>0.7</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
This way is simple and straightforward. But why then is every tutorial talking
about the "hard way" with svn-trunk, and compiling and so on? Or am I missing
somethign important here?
