http://wiki.apache.org/cassandra/HowToBuild
A number of people have had issues building Cassandra... Things like: 1. Not using ANT 1.8 or newer (you might get away with 1.7 though but 1.6 is a no go) 2. Not using JDK 1.6 or newer (you might get part of the way with 1.5 as that is the required minimum for Maven ANT tasks, but Cassandra depends on 1.6 classes... trying to build with GCJ ain't going to work) 3. Not having an internet connection to download the dependencies initially. 4. Not having proxy settings configured for ANT. -Stephen
