| ## Building SparkR on Windows |
| |
| To build SparkR on Windows, the following steps are required |
| |
| 1. Install R (>= 3.1) and [Rtools](http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/Rtools/). Make sure to |
| include Rtools and R in `PATH`. |
| 2. Install |
| [JDK7](http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk7-downloads-1880260.html) and set |
| `JAVA_HOME` in the system environment variables. |
| 3. Download and install [Maven](http://maven.apache.org/download.html). Also include the `bin` |
| directory in Maven in `PATH`. |
| 4. Set `MAVEN_OPTS` as described in [Building Spark](http://spark.apache.org/docs/latest/building-spark.html). |
| 5. Open a command shell (`cmd`) in the Spark directory and run `mvn -DskipTests -Psparkr package` |
