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rhbase: Integrate HBase with R

Using the Thrift server, this R package provides basic connectivity to HBASE. We can browse, read, write, and modify tables stored in HBase. Installing the package requires that we first install and build Thrift. Once we have the libraries built, be sure they are in a path where the R client can find them (i.e.,/usr/lib).

Setting Up Environment:

Before installing the package, we have to set the environment for Hadoop. We can execute the following command to set the Hadoop Environment.

Install rhbase Package:

rhbase release versions can be obtained from github.com.  Assuming an internet connection is available, download the required package and install this from R Install Packages option: