Thread: one-click installer postgresql-8.3.5-1-linux.bin failed

I had this weird problem in CentOS 5 and Fedora 10 . the one-click binary installer failed
execute this
./postgresql-8.3.5-1-linux.bin

shows

Segmentation fault

also with chmod 755 filename prior to execute the binary also showed the same  'Segmentation fault ' message.

Thank you in advance

On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 12:47 AM, m zyzy <myzyzy@gmail.com> wrote:
> I had this weird problem in CentOS 5 and Fedora 10 . the one-click binary
> installer failed
> execute this
> ./postgresql-8.3.5-1-linux.bin
>
> shows
>
> Segmentation fault

I don't know what's causing it, I use the PGDG RHEL 5 packages for
pgsql on Centos 5.  They seem to work very well.

On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 7:47 AM, m zyzy <myzyzy@gmail.com> wrote:
> I had this weird problem in CentOS 5 and Fedora 10 . the one-click binary
> installer failed
> execute this
> ./postgresql-8.3.5-1-linux.bin
>
> shows
>
> Segmentation fault

Do either of the suggestions at
http://bitrock.com/support_installbuilder_faq.html#A1_6 help?


--
Dave Page
EnterpriseDB UK:   http://www.enterprisedb.com

Thank you Scott and Dave.
Dave , the url given , not really helpful unless I go through each and every details,I dont know -searcg the page for the word segmentation returns nothing . another thing ,just to let you know my postGIS installation through StackBuilder still failed by returning error after clicking Next button to start installation after successfully downloaded. It says 1 skip installation because of error , sort of.

Scott , my latest attempt to install in centos 5 this time work well by re-downloading .bin installer . But , in fc10 the ./postgresql-8.3.5-1-linux.bin command still to no avail.
for now , the text mode ,
./postgresql-8.3.5-1-linux.bin --mode text
is the only way to go in fc10.
Thanks.

On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 2:27 AM, m zyzy <myzyzy@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Scott , my latest attempt to install in centos 5 this time work well by
> re-downloading .bin installer . But , in fc10 the
> ./postgresql-8.3.5-1-linux.bin command still to no avail.
> for now , the text mode ,
> ./postgresql-8.3.5-1-linux.bin --mode text
> is the only way to go in fc10.

Any time I have to install on a distro that doesn't have proper pgsql
packaging for the version I wanna run, I've always built it from
source.

tar xvjf postgresql-8.3.5.tar.bz2
cd postgresql-8.3.5
./configure
make
sudo make install

On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 9:27 AM, m zyzy <myzyzy@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thank you Scott and Dave.
> Dave , the url given , not really helpful unless I go through each and every
> details,

The text at the link I gave reads:

----
The installer crashes on Linux. What can I do?

BitRock InstallBuilder has been designed to create installers that
will run out of the box in virtually any Linux distribution. In rare
ocassions, a certain combination of system libraries and X-Window
server setup may cause the installer to crash. If that occurs, you may
want to try running in different modes:

./installer-name.bin --mode xwindow

or

./installer-name.bin --mode text

In any case, please report the issue so it can be addressed.
----

> I dont know -searcg the page for the word segmentation returns
> nothing . another thing ,just to let you know my postGIS installation
> through StackBuilder still failed by returning error after clicking Next
> button to start installation after successfully downloaded. It says 1 skip
> installation because of error , sort of.
>
> Scott , my latest attempt to install in centos 5 this time work well by
> re-downloading .bin installer .

That implies your original download was incomplete or corrupt.

> But , in fc10 the
> ./postgresql-8.3.5-1-linux.bin command still to no avail.
> for now , the text mode ,
> ./postgresql-8.3.5-1-linux.bin --mode text
> is the only way to go in fc10.

Do the files on both systems match if you compare a checksum?


--
Dave Page
EnterpriseDB UK:   http://www.enterprisedb.com