Re: trouble downloading postgres 9.4 for RHEL 6.x

On 10/21/2015 11:58 AM, anj patnaik wrote:
> With the graphical installer, I had a way to create a user. Does it
> create postgres user by default?

Yes. For more information see here:

http://yum.postgresql.org/howtoyum.php

in particular this PDF:

http://yum.postgresql.org/files/PostgreSQL-RPM-Installation-PGDG.pdf

>
> Let me know. Thx
>
> On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 1:43 PM, Scott Mead <scottm(at)openscg(dot)com
> <mailto:scottm(at)openscg(dot)com>> wrote:
>
>
> > On Oct 21, 2015, at 12:28, Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com <mailto: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>
> <mailto: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>>
> >> <mailto: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
> >> adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com <mailto:adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com>
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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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> >
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