findspark.init() IndexError: list index out of range error

Question

When running the following in a Python 3.5 Jupyter environment I get the error below. Any ideas on what is causing it?

import findspark
findspark.init()
         


        

Answer 1

maybe this could help:

i found that findspark.init() tries to find data in .\spark-3.0.1-bin-hadoop2.7\bin\python\lib, but the python folder was outside the bin folder. i simply ran findspark.init('.\spark-3.0.1-bin-hadoop2.7'), without the '\bin' folder