If you hit this error
13/03/07 12:31:51 ERROR orm.CompilationManager: It seems as though you are running sqoop with a JRE.
13/03/07 12:31:51 ERROR orm.CompilationManager: Sqoop requires a JDK that can compile Java code.
13/03/07 12:31:51 ERROR orm.CompilationManager: Please install a JDK and set $JAVA_HOME to use it.
13/03/07 12:31:51 ERROR tool.ImportTool: Encountered IOException running import job: java.io.IOException: Could not start Java compiler.
at org.apache.sqoop.orm.CompilationManager.compile(CompilationManager.java:175)
at org.apache.sqoop.tool.CodeGenTool.generateORM(CodeGenTool.java:83)
at org.apache.sqoop.tool.ImportTool.importTable(ImportTool.java:390)
at org.apache.sqoop.tool.ImportTool.run(ImportTool.java:476)
at org.apache.sqoop.Sqoop.run(Sqoop.java:145)
at org.apache.hadoop.util.ToolRunner.run(ToolRunner.java:65)
at org.apache.sqoop.Sqoop.runSqoop(Sqoop.java:181)
at org.apache.sqoop.Sqoop.runTool(Sqoop.java:220)
at org.apache.sqoop.Sqoop.runTool(Sqoop.java:229)
at org.apache.sqoop.Sqoop.main(Sqoop.java:238)
you need to install a package that has javac
like java-1.6.0-openjdk-devel
