Wanted to add that, even if there wasn’t a preview package, you can clone from GIT, and checkout a tag, where in this case v1.5.0-rc1 is tagged. Then proceeded normally as you would’ve had a source distro as described in the already mentioned http://spark.apache.org/docs/latest/building-spark.html
> On 25 Aug 2015, at 19:26, CCAAT <[email protected]> wrote: > > THANKS, as I have not kept up on the spark lists.... > > James > > > On 08/25/2015 04:28 AM, Iulian Dragoș wrote: >> >> >> On Mon, Aug 24, 2015 at 7:16 PM, CCAAT <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> On 08/24/2015 05:33 AM, Iulian Dragoș wrote: >> >> >> Hello Iulian, >> >> Ok, so I eventually build spark from 100% sources, after some >> intermediate builds on gentoo. Gentoo is not the best platform for >> Java development, but those issues related to spark builds are >> slowly being fixed on gentoo. Where (how) do you download the >> spark-1.5.x complete source tree, as it does not seen available on >> this page:: >> >> http://spark.apache.org/downloads.html >> >> >> It's not yet a final release, but there's a preview: >> >> http://apache-spark-developers-list.1001551.n3.nabble.com/Fwd-ANNOUNCE-Spark-1-5-0-preview-package-td13683.html >> >> Building Spark from sources isn't too hard, there's a >> `make-distribution.sh` script in the root directory. There are a few >> parameters (like the dependency Hadoop version), but it should be fairly >> straight forward. More info here: >> >> http://spark.apache.org/docs/latest/building-spark.html >> >> iulian >> >> >> >> Any other related information or tips on building out spark from sources >> are keenly received. >> >> James >> >> Unfortunately I don't have access to the cluster anymore, but I >> think >> Chronos wasn't the culprit. After updating Spark to 1.5 and >> setting a >> framework role offers started to come (while still using Chronos). >> >> iulian >> >> >> Iulian Dragos >> >> ------ >> Reactive Apps on the JVM >> www.typesafe.com <http://www.typesafe.com> <http://www.typesafe.com> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> -- >> Iulian Dragos >> >> ------ >> Reactive Apps on the JVM >> www.typesafe.com <http://www.typesafe.com> >> >

