preparation-scala.md

Prepare packages and dataset for scala

For simplicity export the location to these jars. All examples assume the packages and dataset will be placed in the /opt/xgboost directory:

Download the jars

1. Download the RAPIDS Accelerator for Apache Spark plugin jar
   • RAPIDS Spark Package

Build XGBoost Scala Examples

Following this guide, you can get sample_xgboost_apps-0.2.3-jar-with-dependencies.jar and copy it to /opt/xgboost

Download dataset

You need to copy the dataset to /opt/xgboost. Use the following links to download the data.

1. Mortgage dataset
2. Taxi dataset
3. Agaricus dataset