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From Adrian Klaver
Subject Re: trouble downloading postgres 9.4 for RHEL 6.x
Date
Msg-id 5627E1E2.4080604@aklaver.com
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In response to trouble downloading postgres 9.4 for RHEL 6.x  (anj patnaik <patna73@gmail.com>)
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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@openscg.com
> <mailto:scottm@openscg.com>> wrote:
>
>
>     > On Oct 21, 2015, at 12:28, Adrian Klaver <adrian.klaver@aklaver.com <mailto:adrian.klaver@aklaver.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
computerand 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@killi:~/Downloads> chmod 755 postgresql-9.5.0-beta1-linux-x64.run
>     >
>     > aklaver@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.klaver@aklaver.com <mailto:adrian.klaver@aklaver.com>
>     <mailto:adrian.klaver@aklaver.com
>     <mailto:adrian.klaver@aklaver.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.klaver@aklaver.com
>     <mailto:adrian.klaver@aklaver.com> <mailto:adrian.klaver@aklaver.com
>     <mailto:adrian.klaver@aklaver.com>>
>      >>        <mailto:adrian.klaver@aklaver.com
>     <mailto:adrian.klaver@aklaver.com>
>      >>        <mailto:adrian.klaver@aklaver.com
>     <mailto:adrian.klaver@aklaver.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.klaver@aklaver.com <mailto:adrian.klaver@aklaver.com>
>     <mailto:adrian.klaver@aklaver.com <mailto:adrian.klaver@aklaver.com>>
>      >>        <mailto:adrian.klaver@aklaver.com
>     <mailto:adrian.klaver@aklaver.com>
>      >>        <mailto:adrian.klaver@aklaver.com
>     <mailto:adrian.klaver@aklaver.com>>>
>      >>
>      >>
>      >>
>      >>
>      >>    --
>      >>    Adrian Klaver
>      >> adrian.klaver@aklaver.com <mailto:adrian.klaver@aklaver.com>
>     <mailto:adrian.klaver@aklaver.com <mailto:adrian.klaver@aklaver.com>>
>      >
>      >
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