> I've downloaded binary hypertable-0.9.2.7-linux-x86_64.tar.bz2 of
> hypertable, and tried to run WITHOUT putting into recommended /opt/
> hypertable. And I failed.
>
> Answer is:
>
> hypertable$ bin/start-all-servers.sh local
> ERROR: Invalid HYPERTABLE_HOME: /mnt/Action/data/hypertable_helloworld/
> hypertable
>
> Setting HYPERTABLE_HOME and HYPERTABLE_INSTALL_DIR didn't solve
> problem.
>
> Is it possible to run hypertable outside of default install paths
> without recompiling?

Yes, you can install hypertable anywhere but you need to have at least
the version number or 'current' in the path before the bin. e.g.
<whatever>/0.9.2.7/bin or <whatever>/current/bin, this is part of the
sanity check in bin/ht-env.sh