Installing Cassandra

Now that you're acquainted with Cassandra's substantial powers, you're no doubt chomping at the bit to try it out. Happily, Cassandra is free, open source, and very easy to get running.

Installing Cassandra

Installing on Mac OS X

First, we need to make sure that we have an up-to-date installation of the Java Runtime Environment. Open the Terminal application, and type the following into the command prompt:

$ java -version

You will see an output that looks something like the following:

java version "1.8.0_25"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_25-b17)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.25-b02, mixed mode)

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