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Download links for the latest, stable Apache Cassandra release can always be found on the website : (http://cassandra.apache.org/download).
Users of Debian or Debian-based derivatives can install the latest stable release in package form. For instructions, refer to http://wiki.apache.org/cassandra/DebianPackaging.
Users of RPM-based distributions can get packages from Datastax: http://www.datastax.com/dev/blog/announcing-rpms-cassandra.
To build Cassandra from source, refer to http://wiki.apache.org/cassandra/HowToBuild.
For more details on miscellaneous builds, refer to 'Cassandra versions and builds' page: http://wiki.apache.org/cassandra/VersionsAndBuilds.
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