spark 2.2.1 installation guide on Mac

// blog install spark 2.2.1 on Mac

Spark is incompatible with Java 9.

Install Java 8 instead.

# to uninstall Java 9

brew cask uninstall java

Here is the complete and simple installation steps for spark on Mac :

brew tap caskroom/versions

brew cask search java

brew cask install java8

# brew install scala # You might need these step,

brew install apache-spark

# Start spark shell,

./bin/spark-shell --master local[2]

./bin/spark-shell --master local[1]