Re: trouble downloading postgres 9.4 for RHEL 6.x

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?

>
> 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>>
>
>
>
>
> --
> Adrian Klaver
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>
>

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