Installing the CQLSH standalone tool

Install the CQLSH standalone tool using a binary tarball on any Linux-based platform to use CQLSH remotely on a DataStax database cluster.

This command line shell remotely connects to a DataStax database cluster. The tool is not required to run locally on a cluster node.

Prerequisites

The cqlsh Python script that starts CQLSH requires Python 2.7+ or Python 3.6+. Both are supported for cqlsh.

Procedure

DataStax CQLSH License Terms. By downloading this DataStax product, you agree to the terms of the EULA.

  1. On the DataStax Download page, click Tools > CQLSH.

  2. If you agree with the license terms, select the CQLSH Terms checkbox, choose a compatible version, and click Tarball to download the tool.

  3. Unpack the distribution:

    tar -xzvf cqlsh-6.8.tar.gz

    The files are downloaded and extracted into the current directory.

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