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The "GettingStarted" page has been changed by LaurentBouis. http://wiki.apache.org/cassandra/GettingStarted?action=diff&rev1=51&rev2=52 -------------------------------------------------- Some people running OS X have trouble getting Java 6 to work. If you've kept up with Apple's updates, Java 6 should already be installed (it comes in Mac OS X 10.5 Update 1). Unfortunately, Apple does not default to using it. What you have to do is change your `JAVA_HOME` environment setting to `/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6/Home` and add `/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6/Home/bin` to the beginning of your `PATH`. - And now for the moment of truth, start up Cassandra by invoking `bin/cassandra -f` from the command line<<FootNote(To learn more about controlling the behavior of startup scripts, see RunningCassandra.)>>. The service should start in the foreground and log gratuitously to standard-out. Assuming you don't see messages with scary words like "error", or "fatal", or anything that looks like a Java stack trace, then chances are you've succeeded. To be certain though, take some time to try out the examples in CassandraCli before moving on (note: if you are using Cassandra 0.7.0, you'll need to load the demo Keyspaces first using JMX, see http://wiki.apache.org/cassandra/FAQ#no_keyspaces). Also, if you run into problems, Don't Panic, calmly proceed to [[#if_something_goes_wrong|If Something Goes Wrong]]. + And now for the moment of truth, start up Cassandra by invoking `bin/cassandra -f` from the command line<<FootNote(To learn more about controlling the behavior of startup scripts, see RunningCassandra.)>>. The service should start in the foreground and log gratuitously to standard-out. Assuming you don't see messages with scary words like "error", or "fatal", or anything that looks like a Java stack trace, then chances are you've succeeded. To be certain though, take some time to try out the examples in CassandraCli before moving on (note: if you are using Cassandra 0.7.0, you'll need to load the demo Keyspaces first using JMX, see http://wiki.apache.org/cassandra/FAQ#no_keyspaces, or even better follow testing instructions on the README of the installation folder). Also, if you run into problems, Don't Panic, calmly proceed to [[#if_something_goes_wrong|If Something Goes Wrong]]. Users of recent Linux distributions and Mac OS X Snow Leopard should be able to start up Cassandra simply by untarring and invoking `bin/cassandra -f` with root privileges. Snow Leopard ships with Java 1.6.0 and does not require changing the `JAVA_HOME` environment variable or adding any directory to your `PATH`. On Linux just make sure you have a working Java JDK package installed such as the `openjdk-6-jdk` on Ubuntu Lucid Lynx.
