# What are the installation Pre-requisites?

**URL:** <https://community.sparkflows.ai/t/what-are-the-installation-pre-requisites/204>\
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**Created:** [December 22, 2025, 1:37pm UTC](https://community.sparkflows.ai/t/what-are-the-installation-pre-requisites/204 "2025-12-22T13:37:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tarika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@Tarika](https://community.sparkflows.ai/u/Tarika)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2025, 1:37pm UTC](https://community.sparkflows.ai/t/what-are-the-installation-pre-requisites/204/1 "2025-12-22T13:37:12Z")

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- JDK 17 installed

- Add Java to your PATH

- Download Winutils and Set Path

- 8+ GB of RAM on the machine (16+ GB recommended)

- Python 3.9+ ( when running Python and Pyspark, otherwise not needed )

- If running on an Apache Spark cluster, Apache Spark 2.3+ is needed on the cluster.