Instructions to install the tarball release of Hue are available in the manual from the website where you downloaded Hue. If you're impatient, these are the key steps. Please check the full manual for more details. ## Install $ HADOOP_HOME=/usr/lib/hadoop-0.20 PREFIX=/usr/local make install ## Install plug-ins $ cd /usr/lib/hadoop/lib $ ln -s /usr/local/hue/desktop/libs/hadoop/java-lib/hue*jar ## Configure Hadoop Edit hdfs-site.xml: dfs.namenode.plugins org.apache.hadoop.thriftfs.NamenodePlugin Comma-separated list of namenode plug-ins to be activated. dfs.datanode.plugins org.apache.hadoop.thriftfs.DatanodePlugin Comma-separated list of datanode plug-ins to be activated. Edit mapred-site.xml: mapred.jobtracker.plugins org.apache.hadoop.thriftfs.ThriftJobTrackerPlugin Comma-separated list of jobtracker plug-ins to be activated. ## Run! $ /usr/local/hue/build/env/bin/supervisor