Perform the following steps to install rhdfs:

1. First, you can download rhdfs 1.0.8 from GitHub. You may need to update the link if Revolution Analytics upgrades the version of rhdfs:

        $wget --no-check-certificate
        https://raw.github.com/RevolutionAnalytics/rhdfs/master/
        build/rhdfs_1.0.8.tar.gz

2. Next, you can install rhdfs under the command-line mode:

        $ sudo HADOOP_CMD=/usr/bin/hadoop  R CMD INSTALL
        rhdfs_1.0.8.tar.gz  

3. You can then set up JAVA_HOME. The configuration of JAVA_HOME depends on the installed Java version within the VM:

        $ sudo JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/jdk1.7.0_67-cloudera R CMD javareconf

4. Last, you can set up the system environment and initialize rhdfs. You may need to update the environment setup if you use a different version of QuickStart VM:

        $ R
        > Sys.setenv(HADOOP_CMD="/usr/bin/hadoop")
        > Sys.setenv(HADOOP_STREAMING="/usr/lib/hadoop-mapreduce/hadoop
        -streaming-2.5.0-cdh5.2.0.jar")
        > library(rhdfs)
        > hdfs.init()