# Issue running Spark locally: java.net.BindException

**URL:** <https://discuss.hail.is/t/issue-running-spark-locally-java-net-bindexception/1431>\
**Category:** Hail Query & hailctl\
**Created:** [June 1, 2020, 6:48am UTC](https://discuss.hail.is/t/issue-running-spark-locally-java-net-bindexception/1431 "2020-06-01T06:48:00Z")\
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Hey Ellie,

Three diagnostic questions:

1. How did you install hail? With pip?

2. What version of hail do you have?

3. Does this work?

```auto
import pyspark
sc = pyspark.SparkContext()

```

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