Installation of apache spark on ubuntu machine.

install.sh

#!/bin/sh

# stop execution on error
set -e

# installation of Oracle Java JDK.
sudo apt-get -y update
sudo apt-get -y install python-software-properties
sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:webupd8team/java
sudo apt-get -y update
sudo apt-get -y install oracle-java7-installer

# Installation of commonly used python scipy tools
sudo apt-get -y install python-numpy python-scipy python-matplotlib ipython ipython-notebook python-pandas python-sympy python-nose

# Installation of scala
wget http://www.scala-lang.org/files/archive/scala-2.11.1.deb
sudo dpkg -i scala-2.11.1.deb
sudo apt-get -y update
sudo apt-get -y install scala

# Installation of sbt
wget http://scalasbt.artifactoryonline.com/scalasbt/sbt-native-packages/org/scala-sbt/sbt//0.12.3/sbt.deb
sudo dpkg -i sbt.deb
sudo apt-get -y update
sudo apt-get -y install sbt

# Downloading spark
wget http://apache.websitebeheerjd.nl/spark/spark-1.6.0/spark-1.6.0.tgz
tar -zxf spark-1.6.0.tgz
cd spark-1.6.0

# Building spark
./sbt/sbt assembly

# Clean-up
rm scala-2.11.1.deb
rm sbt.deb
rm spark-1.0.0.tgz
rm install.sh

echo "deb https://dl.bintray.com/sbt/debian /" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/sbt.list
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv 2EE0EA64E40A89B84B2DF73499E82A75642AC823
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install sbt

worked for me