Can we use Apache Mahout without Hadoop dependency

Question

Is it possible to use Apache mahout 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 don't want to use Hadoop at all since I will be running on a single node anyway.

Is that possible? Please help.

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

Yes. Not all of the Mahout depends on Hadoop, though much does. If you use a piece that depends on Hadoop, of course, you need Hadoop. But for example there is a substantial recommender engine code base that does not use Hadoop.

You can embed a local Hadoop cluster/worker in a Java program.

Hope it will answer your query to some extent.