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 Requirements
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-. Java >= 1.7 (OpenJDK and Oracle JVMS have been tested)
+. Java >= 1.8 (OpenJDK and Oracle JVMS have been tested)
 . Python 2.7 (for cqlsh)
 
 Getting started