title: How to install Mahout on Windows 8.1?
body: <p>My goal is to build up a recommendation system and after going through many articles, I came across <strong>Mahout</strong> as a simple, yet effective way to go on. I already have <strong>XAMPP</strong> installed on my system. </p>
  
  <p>How can I install Mahout? I need the complete instructions since I have neither worked with cygwin before, nor have I worked with Hadoop, and everywhere I see, I see these two mentioned very frequently. I first need to install it on my localhost before going on installing it on the server.</p>