System environment: centos7.5 64-bit system
1. Download the installation package
Download the offline installation package from the official website: apache-flume-1.8.0-bin.tar.gz
It can also be downloaded using the linux command:
wget -c http://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/apache/flume/1.8.0/apache-flume-1.8.0-bin.tar.gz
2. Unzip
Unzip the compressed package and put it in the specified directory. My complete directory here is: /home/hadoop/runtime/apache-flume-1.8.0-bin/
3. Configure environment variables
vi /etc/profile Open the profile file and append the following text
#FLUME WARIABLES START export FLUME_HOME=/home/hadoop/runtime/apache-flume-1.8.0-bin export PATH=$PATH:$FLUME_HOME/bin #FLUME WARIABLES END
source /etc/profile
4. Enter the following command to view the version
flume-ng version
If you see the following output information, the installation is successful: