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After Upgrade to Oracle Big Data Appliance V4.5.0/CDH 5.7.0 the Hive Query "select count(*)" Raises "java.lang.RuntimeException: native snappy library not available: this version of libhadoop was built without snappy support" (Doc ID 2153279.1)

Last updated on AUGUST 03, 2021

Applies to:

Big Data Appliance Integrated Software - Version 4.5.0 and later
Linux x86-64

Symptoms

After upgrade to Oracle Big Data Appliance V4.5.0/CDH 5.7.0 running the hive query select count(*) from <tablename>; where the table contains snappy compressed data raises:

Diagnostic Messages for this Task:
java.lang.RuntimeException: native snappy library not available: this version of libhadoop was built without snappy support.
at org.apache.hadoop.io.compress.SnappyCodec.checkNativeCodeLoaded(SnappyCodec.java:65)
at org.apache.hadoop.io.compress.SnappyCodec.getCompressorType(SnappyCodec.java:134)
at org.apache.hadoop.io.compress.CodecPool.getCompressor(CodecPool.java:150)
at org.apache.hadoop.io.compress.CodecPool.getCompressor(CodecPool.java:165)
at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.IFile$Writer.(IFile.java:114)
at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.IFile$Writer.(IFile.java:97)
at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.MapTask$MapOutputBuffer.sortAndSpill(MapTask.java:1606)
at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.MapTask$MapOutputBuffer.flush(MapTask.java:1486)
at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.MapTask.runOldMapper(MapTask.java:460)
at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.MapTask.run(MapTask.java:343)
at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.LocalContainerLauncher$EventHandler.runSubtask(LocalContainerLauncher.java:388)
at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.LocalContainerLauncher$EventHandler.runTask(LocalContainerLauncher.java:302)
at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.LocalContainerLauncher$EventHandler.access$200(LocalContainerLauncher.java:187)
at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.LocalContainerLauncher$EventHandler$1.run(LocalContainerLauncher.java:230)
at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:511)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)

FAILED: Execution Error, return code 2 from org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.mr.MapRedTask
MapReduce Jobs Launched:

 

Running hadoop checknative -a shows:

 

Cause

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