Install spark-3.1.2-bin-without-hadoop.tgz
1.ClassNotFoundException: org.apache.log4j.spi.Filter
Launching a freshly downloaded spark reports the following error:

$ ./bin/spark-shell 
Error: A JNI error has occurred, please check your installation and try again
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/log4j/spi/Filter
        at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredMethods0(Native Method)
        at java.lang.Class.privateGetDeclaredMethods(Class.java:2701)
        at java.lang.Class.privateGetMethodRecursive(Class.java:3048)
        at java.lang.Class.getMethod0(Class.java:3018)
        at java.lang.Class.getMethod(Class.java:1784)
        at sun.launcher.LauncherHelper.validateMainClass(LauncherHelper.java:544)
        at sun.launcher.LauncherHelper.checkAndLoadMain(LauncherHelper.java:526)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.apache.log4j.spi.Filter
        at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:382)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:424)
        at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:349)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:357)
        ... 7 more

Solution:
Place log4j-1.2.17.jar in the jars directory of the spark you just downloaded.
2.ClassNotFoundException: org.apache.hadoop.fs.FSDataInputStream
Missing hadoop-common-xxx.jar dependency
3.ClassNotFoundException: org.slf4j.Logger
Missing slf4j-api-1.7.25.jardependency
4.ClassNotFoundException: org.slf4j.impl.StaticLoggerBinder
Missing log4j-slf4j-impl-2.12.1.jardependency
5.ClassNotFoundException: org.apache.logging.log4j.spi.AbstractLoggerAdapter
Missing log4j-api-2.12.1.jardependency