Hi, Here i am going to show you , How to setup up a pseudo distributed (Single Node) hadoop cluster on Ubuntu VM. Prerequisite - understanding of Hadoop VM ware player ubuntu Things you need VMWare Player , Just a simple google will take you to vmware web site, which will give you info and download link to the latest version of the Virtual player. Download and install it. ubuntu VM Image , again google will help you here, (the version I used is ubuntu-14.04). and off course a Laptop :-). setting up VM- after installing vmware player and extracting ubuntu to Directory of your choice, double click the vmware icon on your Desktop, click on open virtual machine and go to the directory where you have extracted ubuntu, you will find a ubuntu.vmx file, double click on it. and then Play the VM. (you can later edit the settings of VM, if you want to). Updating ubuntu Go to terminal and give this command - ' $>sudo apt-ge...