In a previous message I described my guess at what was causing the Datastax Cassandra installation to require OpenJDK. Using the method I describe below, I'm now able to install the Datastax Cassandra rpm. Note that I have no idea (yet) whether Cassandra actually runs, but at least it installs.
There's a wonderful opensource program out there called rpmrebuild. It lets you examine and modify the metadata in an rpm, including the dependencies. So, I ran rpmrebuild -e -p cassandra12-1.2.15-1.noarch.rpm This puts me in an editor with the spec file loaded. I searched for 'java' and found the line Requires: java >= 1.6.0 I changed this line to Requires: jdk >= 1.6.0 I wrote out the file and exited the editor. This created /root/rpmbuild/RPMS/noarch/cassandra12-1.2.15-1.noarch.rpm which I put in a local yum repo. I was then able to install this using yum and I was able to start Cassandra. Problem solved! Now I'm on to test whether this installation really works. Jon Forrest The information transmitted in this email is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed, and may contain material confidential to Xoom Corporation, and/or its subsidiary, buyindiaonline.com Inc. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient(s) is prohibited. If you received this email in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from your files.
