java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/spark/sql/SparkSession

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I have written a Spark Job in Java. When I submit the Job it gives below error:

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/spark/sql/SparkSession
        at com.thinkbiganalytics.veon.util.SparkSessionBuilder.getOrCreateSparkSession(SparkSessionBuilder.java:12)
        at com.thinkbiganalytics.veon.AbstractSparkTransformation.initSparkSession(AbstractSparkTransformation.java:92)
        at com.thinkbiganalytics.veon.transformations.SDPServiceFeeDeductionSourceToEventStore.init(SDPServiceFeeDeductionSourceToEventStore.java:57)
        at com.thinkbiganalytics.veon.AbstractSparkTransformation.doTransform(AbstractSparkTransformation.java:51)
        at com.thinkbiganalytics.veon.transformations.SDPServiceFeeDeductionSourceToEventStore.main(SDPServiceFeeDeductionSourceToEventStore.java:51)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
        at org.apache.spark.deploy.SparkSubmit$.org$apache$spark$deploy$SparkSubmit$$runMain(SparkSubmit.scala:745)
        at org.apache.spark.deploy.SparkSubmit$.doRunMain$1(SparkSubmit.scala:181)
        at org.apache.spark.deploy.SparkSubmit$.submit(SparkSubmit.scala:206)
        at org.apache.spark.deploy.SparkSubmit$.main(SparkSubmit.scala:121)
        at org.apache.spark.deploy.SparkSubmit.main(SparkSubmit.scala)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.apache.spark.sql.SparkSession
        at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:381)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:424)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:357)
9 Answers

If you're running from inside Intellij IDEA, and you've marked your spark library as "provided", like so: "org.apache.spark" %% "spark-sql" % "3.0.1" % "provided", Then you need edit your Run/Debug configuration and check the "Include dependencies with Provided scope" box.

I was facing this issue while running from the Intellij editor. I had marked the spark jars as provided in pom.xml, see below:

<dependency>
     <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
     <artifactId>spark-sql_2.11</artifactId>
     <version>2.4.0</version>
     <scope>provided</scope>
 </dependency>

On removing the provided scope, the error was gone.

On making provided spark jars they would be provided only on running the application with spark-submit or having the spark jars on the classpath

when submitting with spark-submit , check that your project has the same dependency as spark version in pom.xml,

This may be because you have two spark versions on the same machine


If you want to have different Spark installations on your machine, you can create different soft links and can use the exact spark version on which you have build your project

spark1-submit -> /Users/test/sparks/spark-1.6.2-bin-hadoop2.6/bin/spark-submit

spark2–submit -> /Users/test/sparks/spark-2.1.1-bin-hadoop2.7/bin/spark-submit

Here is a link from Cloudera blog about multiple Spark versions https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Advanced-Analytics-Apache-Spark/Multiple-Spark-version-on-the-same-cluster/td-p/39880

leaking of jars of spark environment will lead to this problem if you were using Intellij IDEA,you can following the steps below: File -> Project Structure -> Modules -> spark-examples_2.11 -> Dependencies jars -> {spark dir}/spark/assembly/target/scala-2.11/jars/

If using Maven, go to your dependencies file(pom.xml) and change the scope from provided to compile.

<dependency>
   <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
   <artifactId>spark-sql_2.13</artifactId>
   <version>3.3.0</version>
   <scope>compile</scope>
</dependency>

I am using Maven project, got the same issue, I changed "provided" to "compile" in scope, pom.xml dependencies and made the same spark version which was installed in local spark shell. Problem got resolved.

If you are running from IntelliJ, please check for "Include dependencies with Provided scope" as follows

Inside Run/Debug Configuration please select for Modify Options and then mark checked "Include dependencies with Provided scope"

Inside Run/Debug Configuration please select for Modify Options and then check

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