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Asked: June 16, 20262026-06-16T03:03:23+00:00 2026-06-16T03:03:23+00:00

I have a hadoop cluster setup with the rmr2 and rhdfs packages installed. I’ve

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I have a hadoop cluster setup with the rmr2 and rhdfs packages installed. I’ve been able to run some sample MR jobs through the CLI and through rscripts. For example, this works:

#!/usr/bin/env Rscript
require('rmr2')

small.ints = to.dfs(1:1000)
out = mapreduce( input = small.ints, map = function(k, v) keyval(v, v^2))
df = as.data.frame( from.dfs( out) )
colnames(df) = c('n', 'n2')
str(df)

Final Output:

DEPRECATED: Use of this script to execute hdfs command is deprecated.
Instead use the hdfs command for it.

DEPRECATED: Use of this script to execute hdfs command is deprecated.
Instead use the hdfs command for it.

'data.frame':   1000 obs. of  2 variables:
 $ n : int  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...
 $ n2: num  1 4 9 16 25 36 49 64 81 100 ...

I’m now trying to move on to the next step of writing my own MR job. I have a file (`/user/michael/batsmall.csv’) with some batting statistics:

aardsda01,2004,1,SFN,NL,11,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,11
aardsda01,2006,1,CHN,NL,45,43,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,45
aardsda01,2007,1,CHA,AL,25,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2
aardsda01,2008,1,BOS,AL,47,5,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,5
aardsda01,2009,1,SEA,AL,73,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0
aardsda01,2010,1,SEA,AL,53,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0

(batsmall.csv is an extract of a much larger file, but really I’m just trying to prove I can read and analyze a file from hdfs)

Here’s the script I have:

#!/usr/bin/env Rscript

require('rmr2');
require('rhdfs');

hdfs.init()
hdfs.rmr("/user/michael/rMean")

findMean = function (input, output) {
  mapreduce(input = input,
            output = output,
            input.format = 'csv',
            map = function(k, fields) {
              myField <- fields[[5]]
              keyval(fields[[0]], myField)
            },
            reduce = function(key, vv) {
              keyval(key, mean(as.numeric(vv)))
            }
    )
}

from.dfs(findMean("/home/michael/r/Batting.csv", "/home/michael/r/rMean"))
print(hdfs.read.text.file("/user/michael/batsmall.csv"))

This fails every time and looking at the hadoop logs it seems to be a Broken Pipe error. I cannot figure out what’s causing this. As other jobs work I would think it’s an issue with my script, not my configuration, but I can’t figure it out. I am admittedly and R novice and relatively new to hadoop.

Here’s the job output:

[michael@hadoop01 r]$ ./rtest.r
Loading required package: rmr2
Loading required package: Rcpp
Loading required package: RJSONIO
Loading required package: methods
Loading required package: digest
Loading required package: functional
Loading required package: stringr
Loading required package: plyr
Loading required package: rhdfs
Loading required package: rJava

HADOOP_CMD=/usr/bin/hadoop

Be sure to run hdfs.init()
Deleted hdfs://hadoop01.dev.terapeak.com/user/michael/rMean
[1] TRUE
packageJobJar: [/tmp/Rtmp2XnCL3/rmr-local-env55d1533355d7, /tmp/Rtmp2XnCL3/rmr-global-env55d119877dd3, /tmp/Rtmp2XnCL3/rmr-streaming-map55d13c0228b7, /tmp/Rtmp2XnCL3/rmr-streaming-reduce55d150f7ffa8, /tmp/hadoop-michael/hadoop-unjar5464463427878425265/] [] /tmp/streamjob4293464845863138032.jar tmpDir=null
12/12/19 11:09:41 WARN mapred.JobClient: Use GenericOptionsParser for parsing the arguments. Applications should implement Tool for the same.
12/12/19 11:09:41 INFO mapred.FileInputFormat: Total input paths to process : 1
12/12/19 11:09:42 INFO streaming.StreamJob: getLocalDirs(): [/tmp/hadoop-michael/mapred/local]
12/12/19 11:09:42 INFO streaming.StreamJob: Running job: job_201212061720_0039
12/12/19 11:09:42 INFO streaming.StreamJob: To kill this job, run:
12/12/19 11:09:42 INFO streaming.StreamJob: /usr/lib/hadoop/bin/hadoop job  -Dmapred.job.tracker=hadoop01.dev.terapeak.com:8021 -kill job_201212061720_0039
12/12/19 11:09:42 INFO streaming.StreamJob: Tracking URL: http://hadoop01.dev.terapeak.com:50030/jobdetails.jsp?jobid=job_201212061720_0039
12/12/19 11:09:43 INFO streaming.StreamJob:  map 0%  reduce 0%
12/12/19 11:10:15 INFO streaming.StreamJob:  map 100%  reduce 100%
12/12/19 11:10:15 INFO streaming.StreamJob: To kill this job, run:
12/12/19 11:10:15 INFO streaming.StreamJob: /usr/lib/hadoop/bin/hadoop job  -Dmapred.job.tracker=hadoop01.dev.terapeak.com:8021 -kill job_201212061720_0039
12/12/19 11:10:15 INFO streaming.StreamJob: Tracking URL: http://hadoop01.dev.terapeak.com:50030/jobdetails.jsp?jobid=job_201212061720_0039
12/12/19 11:10:15 ERROR streaming.StreamJob: Job not successful. Error: NA
12/12/19 11:10:15 INFO streaming.StreamJob: killJob...
Streaming Command Failed!
Error in mr(map = map, reduce = reduce, combine = combine, in.folder = if (is.list(input)) { :
  hadoop streaming failed with error code 1
Calls: findMean -> mapreduce -> mr
Execution halted

And a sample exception from the job tracker:

ava.lang.RuntimeException: PipeMapRed.waitOutputThreads(): subprocess failed with code 1
    at org.apache.hadoop.streaming.PipeMapRed.waitOutputThreads(PipeMapRed.java:362)
    at org.apache.hadoop.streaming.PipeMapRed.mapRedFinished(PipeMapRed.java:572)
    at org.apache.hadoop.streaming.PipeMapper.close(PipeMapper.java:136)
    at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.MapRunner.run(MapRunner.java:57)
    at org.apache.hadoop.streaming.PipeMapRunner.run(PipeMapRunner.java:34)
    at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.MapTask.runOldMapper(MapTask.java:393)
    at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.MapTask.run(MapTask.java:327)
    at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.Child$4.run(Child.java:268)
    at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
    at javax.security.auth.Subject.doAs(Subject.java:396)
    at org.apache.hadoop.security.UserGroupInformation.doAs(UserGroupInformation.java:1332)
    at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.Child.main(Child.java:262)
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    2026-06-16T03:03:24+00:00Added an answer on June 16, 2026 at 3:03 am

    You need to inspect the stderr of the failed attempt. The jobtracker web UI is the easiest way to get there. Educated guess is that fields is a data frame and you are accessing it like a list, possible but unusual. Errors may follow indirectly from that.

    Also we have a debugging document on the RHadoop wiki with this an many more suggestions.

    Finally we have a dedicated RHadoop google group where you can interact with a large number of enthusiastic users. Or you can be on your own on SO.

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