title: Hadoop release missing /conf directory
body: <p>I am trying to install a single node setup of Hadoop on Ubuntu. 
  I started following the <a href="http://hadoop.apache.org/docs/r2.3.0/hadoop-project-dist/hadoop-common/SingleNodeSetup.html" rel="noreferrer">instructions on the Hadoop 2.3 docs</a>.</p>
  
  <p>But I seem to be missing something very simple.</p>
  
  <p>First, it says to </p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>To get a Hadoop distribution, download a recent stable release from one of the Apache Download Mirrors.</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>Then,</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Unpack the downloaded Hadoop distribution. In the distribution, edit the file conf/hadoop-env.sh to define at least JAVA_HOME to be the root of your Java installation.</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>However, I can't seem to find the <code>conf</code> directory.</p>
  
  <p>I downloaded a release of 2.3 at <a href="http://mirrors.koehn.com/apache/hadoop/common/hadoop-2.3.0/" rel="noreferrer">one of the mirrors</a>. Then unpacked the tarball, an <code>ls</code> of the inside returns:</p>
  
  <pre><code>$ ls
  bin  etc  include  lib  libexec  LICENSE.txt  NOTICE.txt  README.txt  sbin  share
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I was able to find the file they were referencing, just not in a <code>conf</code> directory:</p>
  
  <pre><code>$ find . -name hadoop-env.sh
  ./etc/hadoop/hadoop-env.sh
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Am I missing something, or am I grabbing the wrong package? Or are the docs just outdated? </p>
  
  <p>If so, anyone know where some more up-to date docs are? </p>