1.# svn co http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/mahout/trunk
or download mahout-distribution-0.9-src.tar.gz
2.mvn -DskipTests clean install package
3.create a common java project which using mahout.
4.configure build path. add external jars in mahout-distribution-0.9/examples/target/dependency dir
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Import mahout projects to eclipse
1.#cd /path/to/mahout0.9
2.#mvn eclipse:eclipse
3.eclipse import ... select /path/to/mahout0.9
References
http://bigdatacircus.com/2012/09/13/mahout-setting-up-and-building-mahout-a-walkthrough/
https://shuyo.wordpress.com/page/4/
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6643761/question-on-converting-maven-project-of-mahout-into-eclipse-project
Data
http://grouplens.org/datasets/movielens/
Books
<<Mahout In Action>>
<<Apache Mahout Cookbook>>
http://dl.ebooks-it.org/e-books/packt/Packt.Apache.Mahout.Cookbook.Dec.2013.ISBN.1849518025.pdf
source code for <<mahout In Action>> is attachment 1 while sample data used in this book attachment 2.