RHEL 5 only ships with Python 2.4, which is pretty ancient and below what cqlsh will accept. You can install Python 2.6 with EPEL enabled: http://blog.nexcess.net/2011/02/25/python-2-6-for-centos-5/
On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 1:34 PM, Morantus, James (PCLN-NW) < james.moran...@priceline.com> wrote: > Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.8 (Tikanga)**** > > ** ** > > Linux nw-mydb-s05 2.6.18-308.8.2.el5 #1 SMP Tue May 29 11:54:17 EDT 2012 > x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux**** > > ** ** > > Thanks**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > *From:* Tyler Hobbs [mailto:ty...@datastax.com] > *Sent:* Thursday, August 30, 2012 2:21 PM > *To:* user@cassandra.apache.org > *Subject:* Re: Cassandra - cqlsh**** > > ** ** > > What OS are you using?**** > > On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 12:09 PM, Morantus, James (PCLN-NW) < > james.moran...@priceline.com> wrote:**** > > Hello all, > > This is my first setup of Cassandra and I'm having some issues running the > cqlsh tool. > Have any of you come across this error before? If so, please help. > > /bin/cqlsh -h localhost -p 9160 > No appropriate python interpreter found. > > Thanks > James**** > > > > > -- > Tyler Hobbs > DataStax <http://datastax.com/>**** > -- Tyler Hobbs DataStax <http://datastax.com/>
