Matt Davis created CASSANDRA-15889:
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             Summary: Debian package fails to download on Arm-based hosts
                 Key: CASSANDRA-15889
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-15889
             Project: Cassandra
          Issue Type: Bug
            Reporter: Matt Davis


Following the first three steps of the [Debian install 
process|https://cassandra.apache.org/download/], after an apt-get update you'll 
see this line:
{code:bash}
N: Skipping acquire of configured file 'main/binary-arm64/Packages' as 
repository 'https://downloads.apache.org/cassandra/debian 311x InRelease' 
doesn't support architecture 'arm64'
{code}

Checking the [Debian 
repo|https://dl.bintray.com/apache/cassandra/dists/311x/main/] confirms there 
is no aarch64 variant available.

Should you then attempt to install Cassandra:
{code:bash}
sudo apt-get install cassandra
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package cassandra is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source

E: Package 'cassandra' has no installation candidate
{code}

Note that the Redhat RPM contains a "noarch" arch type, so it downloads 
properly on any host. (Given that Cassandra does not use separate 
binaries/releases for different architectures, this seems to be the correct 
approach for Debian. That said, adding an aarch64 variant would also suffice.)

Also, there is a workaround available: if you specify "amd64" as the arch in 
the deb command, it downloads and runs without issue:
{code:bash}
deb [arch=amd64] https://downloads.apache.org/cassandra/debian 311x main
{code}



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