Re: trouble downloading postgres 9.4 for RHEL 6.x

> On Oct 21, 2015, at 14:58, anj patnaik <patna73(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>
> With the graphical installer, I had a way to create a user. Does it create postgres user by default?

Yeah, it creates both the OS user and the database super-user.

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