• Download the stable version of hbase. Following is the link > https://www-us.apache.org/dist/hbase/stable/ [Download the binary version of the hbase]
• Now untar the .gz file by typing the command in linux: tar -xzvf hbase-1.2.6-bin.tar.gz
• Rename the file to hbase
• Below are the commands

cd hbase/conf
sudo nano hbase-env.sh` and add the following:

export JAVA_HOME=/path of your JAVA
sudo nano hbase-site.xml
and add the following inside the
<configuration> <property> <name>hbase.rootdir</name> <value>file:/home/manoj/hbase/HFiles</value> </property> <property> <name>hbase.zookeeper.property.dataDir</name> <value>/home/manoj/zookeeper</value> </property> </configuration>

cd ..
cd bin
./start-hbase.sh
hbase shell

By default port for accessing the hbase in the browser: http://localhost:16010/master-status