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Posted to commits@kafka.apache.org by jk...@apache.org on 2014/03/13 01:00:04 UTC
svn commit: r1577008 - /kafka/site/081/quickstart.html
Author: jkreps
Date: Thu Mar 13 00:00:03 2014
New Revision: 1577008
URL: http://svn.apache.org/r1577008
Log:
Update quickstart to use binary distribution so no build step is required.
Modified:
kafka/site/081/quickstart.html
Modified: kafka/site/081/quickstart.html
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/kafka/site/081/quickstart.html?rev=1577008&r1=1577007&r2=1577008&view=diff
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--- kafka/site/081/quickstart.html (original)
+++ kafka/site/081/quickstart.html Thu Mar 13 00:00:03 2014
@@ -1,19 +1,16 @@
<h3><a id="quickstart">1.3 Quick Start</a></h3>
+This tutorial assumes you are starting fresh and have no existing Kafka or ZooKeeper data.
+
<h4> Step 1: Download the code </h4>
-<a href="../downloads.html" title="Kafka downloads">Download</a> the 0.8.1 release.
+<a href="https://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi?path=/kafka/0.8.1/kafka_2.9.2-0.8.1.tgz" title="Kafka downloads">Download</a> the 0.8.1 release and un-tar it.
<pre>
-> <b>tar -xzf kafka-<VERSION>.tgz</b>
-> <b>cd kafka-<VERSION></b>
-> <b>./sbt update</b>
-> <b>./sbt package</b>
-> <b>./sbt assembly-package-dependency</b>
+> <b>tar -xzf kafka_2.9.2-0.8.1.tgz</b>
+> <b>cd kafka_2.9.2-0.8.1</b>
</pre>
-This tutorial assumes you are starting on a fresh ZooKeeper instance and Kafka server with no pre-existing data.
-
<h4>Step 2: Start the server</h4>
<p>