Re: trouble downloading postgres 9.4 for RHEL 6.x

> On Oct 21, 2015, at 12:28, Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com> wrote:
>
>> On 10/21/2015 09:14 AM, anj patnaik wrote:
>> Ok, i am trying to determine why I am getting errors. Is it possible
>> that my browser is corrupting the transfer?
>
> Maybe, though I used FireFox to download also. I would go to wherever the file has been downloaded on your computer and delete it and try the download again. The file I got was:
>
> 37548416 Oct 21 09:20 postgresql-9.5.0-beta1-linux-x64.run
>
> CCing list
>>
>> I am seeing: Installer payload initialization failed. This is likely due
>> to an incomplete or corrupt downloaded file.
>>
>> I am a Linux newbie. Is there a way to test if the transfers are getting
>> corrupted?
>>
>> after download, did you just change permissions and ran sudo
>> ./postgres.run file?
>
> Yes, so:
>
> aklaver(at)killi:~/Downloads> chmod 755 postgresql-9.5.0-beta1-linux-x64.run
>
> aklaver(at)killi:~/Downloads> sudo ./postgresql-9.5.0-beta1-linux-x64.run
>
>>
>> The reason for using installer is that it goes through all the steps and
>> instantiates a sid.
>
> What is a sid?
>

Postgres isn't like Oracle. Use yum to install, then run

/etc/init.d/postgres9.5 initdb

Then, run:
/etc/init.d/postgres9.5 start

That's it. Initdb creates the instance, start - starts it. No dbca or other such garbage is needed. Welcome to the easy life :)

>>
>> The purpose of this installation is for me to have a database to rest
>> the restoration of pg_dump.
>
> You can also get that with a Yum install, see below for more:
>
> http://www.postgresql.org/download/linux/redhat/
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 12:07 PM, Adrian Klaver
>> <adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com <mailto:adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com>> wrote:
>>
>> On 10/21/2015 08:57 AM, anj patnaik wrote:
>>
>> I used the same link:
>> http://www.enterprisedb.com/products-services-training/pgdownload
>>
>> I chose /*Version 9.5.0 Beta 1*/ Linux x86-64
>>
>>
>> I downloaded(postgresql-9.5.0-beta1-linux-x64.run) and ran it. I did
>> not actually complete the install as I already have Postgres
>> installed on this machine. This is on openSUSE 13.2, not that it
>> should matter.
>>
>>
>> Then, I tried 9.4 for Linux x86-64
>>
>> Has anyone downloaded/installed within last 2 days? my OS is
>> RHEL 6.5
>>
>> I am using the Linux machine's firefox browser to download.
>>
>> is there a way to use yum to get the same installer program that
>> goes
>> through all the steps?
>>
>>
>> No, Yum will not use the installer program, it will use the RH
>> native packaging.
>>
>> Is there a particular reason you want the installer?
>>
>> Something specific you want to install?
>>
>>
>> Please advise. thanks
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 9:08 AM, Adrian Klaver
>> <adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com <mailto:adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com>
>> <mailto:adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com
>> <mailto:adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com>>> wrote:
>>
>> On 10/20/2015 05:48 PM, anj patnaik wrote:
>>
>> Several weeks ago, I successfully
>> downloaded postgresql-9.4.4-3-linux-x64.run on a Linux
>> server.
>>
>>
>> Where did you download from?
>>
>>
>> Today, I attempted to download from the site. I notice
>> 9.5 is
>> there, but
>> getting lots of errors:
>>
>>
>> Looks like you are trying to run a *.exe(Windows) file on a
>> Linux
>> machine, that is the source of the errors.
>>
>>
>> 1) when downloading and running latest
>>
>> rchive:
>> /home/apatnaik/Downloads/postgresql-9.4.5-1-windows-x64.exe
>>
>> [/home/apatnaik/Downloads/postgresql-9.4.5-1-windows-x64.exe]
>> End-of-central-directory signature not found.
>> Either this
>> file is not
>> a zipfile, or it constitutes one disk of a multi-part
>> archive. In the
>> latter case the central directory and zipfile
>> comment will
>> be found on
>> the last disk(s) of this archive.
>> zipinfo: cannot find zipfile directory in one of
>>
>> /home/apatnaik/Downloads/postgresql-9.4.5-1-windows-x64.exe or
>>
>>
>> /home/apatnaik/Downloads/postgresql-9.4.5-1-windows-x64.exe.zip, and
>> cannot find
>>
>> /home/apatnaik/Downloads/postgresql-9.4.5-1-windows-x64.exe.ZIP,
>> period.
>>
>> 2) Then I tried to scp from the other machine and changed
>> permissions to
>> 777 and used sudo to execute the file but get this:
>>
>> bash-4.1$ chmod 777 postgresql-9.4.4-3-linux-x64.run
>> bash-4.1$ sudo ./postgresql-9.4.4-3-linux-x64.run
>> Installer payload initialization failed. This is likely
>> due to an
>> incomplete or corrupt downloaded file.
>>
>>
>> What is the recommended 9.4 version to download from
>> and the steps?
>>
>>
>> What OS and version?
>>
>>
>> I want to use the graphical installer since I used it
>> last time.
>>
>>
>> Assuming you mean the EDB installer:
>>
>> http://www.enterprisedb.com/products-services-training/pgdownload
>>
>>
>> Thanks a lot!!
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Adrian Klaver
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>> <mailto:adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com
>> <mailto:adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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