Using Mahout commands in DataStax Enterprise
Run Mahout commands on the dse command line.
You can run Mahout commands on the dse command line. For example on Mac OS X, to get a list of which commands are available:
$ cd install_location $ bin/dse mahout
The list of commands appears.
Mahout command line help
You use one of these commands as the first argument plus the help option:
$ cd install_location $ bin/dse mahout arff.vector --help
The output is help on the arff.vector command.
Add Mahout classes to the class path, execute Hadoop command
You use Hadoop shell commands to work with Mahout. Using this syntax first adds Mahout classes to the class path, and then executes the Hadoop command:
$ cd install_location $ bin/dse mahout hadoop fs -text mahout_file | more
The Apache web site offers an in-depth tutorial.