[HADOOP-9903] hadoop version throws ClassNotFoundException

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Invalid
• Affects Version/s: 2.1.0-beta
• Component/s: util
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: André Kelpe
• Created: 26/Aug/13 10:24
• Updated: 26/Aug/13 11:49
• Resolved: 26/Aug/13 11:49

Description

I downloaded the new hadoop 2.1.0 beta, tried to run hadoop version, and I got this:

$ $HADOOP_HOME/bin/hadoop version
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/hadoop/util/VersionInfo
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.apache.hadoop.util.VersionInfo
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:202)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:190)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:306)
at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:301)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:247)
Could not find the main class: org.apache.hadoop.util.VersionInfo. Program will exit.