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Q&A Run Spark code without Spark?

As of version 2.2, installing pyspark will also install spark, so you can run pip install pyspark or equivalent and use it in your normal python environment. The pyspark getting started docs also ...

posted 4mo ago by congusbongus‭

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#1: Initial revision by user avatar congusbongus‭ · 2024-07-03T03:24:28Z (4 months ago)
[As of version 2.2](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SPARK-18267), installing pyspark will also install spark, so you can run `pip install pyspark` or equivalent and use it in your normal python environment.

The [pyspark getting started docs](https://spark.apache.org/docs/latest/api/python/getting_started/index.html) also include some links to live notebooks, however as of writing they seem to be unavailable.