unable to run hadoop wordcount example?

Question

I am running hadoop wordcount example in single node environment on ubuntu 12.04 in vmware. i running the example like this:--

hadoop@master:~/hadoop$ hadoop         


        

Answer 1

Like Dave (and the exceptions) said, your output directory already exists. You either need to output to a different directory or remove the existing one first, using:

hadoop fs -rmr /home/hadoop/gutenberg-output