Update your apt source list with the following: sudo vim /etc/apt/sources.list #Add at the bottom deb http://www.apache.org/dist/cassandra/debian 20x main deb-src http://www.apache.org/dist/cassandra/debian 20x main Run an apt-get update. sudo apt-get update This will give you a warning about not being able to verify the signatures of the apache repos:
GPG error: http://www.apache.org unstable Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 4BD736A82B5C1B00
sudo apt-get install
cassandra Now start it: sudo service cassandra
start xss = -ea -javaagent:/usr/share/cassandra/lib/jamm-0.2.5.jar -XX:+UseThreadPriorities -XX:ThreadPriorityPolicy=42 -Xms1001M -Xmx1001M -Xmn100M -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -Xss256k Now you can check you can connect: cqlsh Connected to Test Cluster at localhost:9160. [cqlsh 4.0.1 | Cassandra 2.0.1 | CQL spec 3.1.1 | Thrift protocol 19.37.0] Use HELP for help. Where is everything?