Install hive 1.2.1 on ubuntu 14.04

1. download hive on below path
http://apache.mirrors.hoobly.com/hive/

2. extract the .tar.gz file and move the folder to /usr/lib/hive path
sudo mv Downloads/apache-hive-1.2.1-bin /usr/lib/hive

3. provide access to hive path
sudo chown -R ram /usr/lib/hive

4. configure environment variables .bashrc

export HIVE_HOME=/usr/lib/hive/
export PATH=$PATH:$HIVE_HOME/bin

5. effect the changes
source ~/.bashrc

6. create folders for hive in HDFS

hadoop fs -mkdir /tmp
hadoop fs -mkdir /user/hive/warehouse
hadoop fs -chmod g+w /tmp
hadoop fs -chmod g+w /user/hive/warehouse

7. run hive

hive

8. starting hive server1 and server2

/bin/hive --service hiveserver
/bin/hiveserver2

Note: Hive Web UI

1. start hwi service
hive --service hwi

2. http://localhost:9999/hwi/index.jsp