Libraries: - sbt? or gradle? (build tool) => debian packages: https://www.scala-sbt.org/download.html (or just a single .deb...) - scalding (mapreduce framework) - scala (java also fine?) => will scala work with java 1.7? => scala 2.11 (~2014) works with java 7; scala 2.12 and up require 8 => debian stretch: scala 2.11.8-1 => ubuntu xenial: scala/xenial 2.11.6-6 => "Scalding works with Scala 2.10 and 2.11 is recommended" - testing - hbase connector library => maybe spyglass? - hbase mock