[SPARK-19237] SparkR package on Windows waiting for a long time when no java is found launching spark-submit

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.1.0
• Fix Version/s: 2.1.1, 2.2.0
• Component/s: Spark Core, SparkR
• Target Version/s: 2.1.1
• Assignee: Felix Cheung
• Reporter: Felix Cheung
• Created: 16/Jan/17 07:56
• Updated: 21/Mar/17 21:26
• Resolved: 21/Mar/17 21:25

Description

When installing SparkR as a R package (install.packages) on Windows, it will check for Spark distribution and automatically download and cache it. But if there is no java runtime on the machine spark-submit will just hang.

Issue Links

• links to: [Github] Pull Request #16596 (felixcheung)