is it possible to use apache mahout classification without hadoop dependency

Question

Is it possible to use Apache mahout classification without any dependency to Hadoop. I would like to use the mahout algorithm on a single computer by only including the mahout library inside my Java project but i dont want to use hadoop at all since i will be running on a single node anyway, windows 7 operating system.

Is that possible? If yes , which algorithm run without hadoop dependency?

Thank you in advanced

Answer 1

Yes, it is possible to run Mahout without having to install a Hadoop cluster. All you need to do is set the environment variable

MAHOUT_LOCAL=TRUE

On seeing this variable, Mahout will start interacting directly with the file system for data, etc. without trying to look for a Hadoop cluster or a HDFS location.