trouble downloading postgres 9.4 for RHEL 6.x

On 10/20/2015 5:48 PM, anj patnaik wrote:

What is the recommended 9.4 version to download from and the steps?

*I* recommend...

# yum install -y
http://yum.postgresql.org/9.4/redhat/rhel-6-x86_64/pgdg-redhat94-9.4-1.noarch.rpm
# yum install -y postgresql94-{server,contrib,devel}
# service postgresql-9.4 initdb
# vi /var/lib/pgsql/9.4/data/{postgresql.conf,pg_hba.conf} #
tune as you see fit
# service postgresql-9.4 start
# chkconfig postgresql-9.4 on

and to heck with any gui, don't need no steekin' gui.

--
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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!!

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I used the same link:
http://www.enterprisedb.com/products-services-training/pgdownload

I chose *Version 9.5.0 Beta 1* Linux x86-64

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?

Please advise. thanks

On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 9:08 AM, Adrian Klaver <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>> 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!!

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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@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?

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>> 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>>> 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!!

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<mailto:adrian.klaver@aklaver.com
<mailto:adrian.klaver@aklaver.com>>

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On Oct 21, 2015, at 12:28, Adrian Klaver <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 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@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>> 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>>> 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!!

--
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<mailto:adrian.klaver@aklaver.com
<mailto:adrian.klaver@aklaver.com>>

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With the graphical installer, I had a way to create a user. Does it create
postgres user by default?

Let me know. Thx

On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 1:43 PM, Scott Mead <scottm@openscg.com> wrote:

On Oct 21, 2015, at 14:58, anj patnaik <patna73@gmail.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.

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

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<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 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@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!!

--
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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?

after following the steps I gave earlier, do this...

$ sudo -u postgres psql
.... postgres=# create user YOURNAME password 'whatever' superuser;
.... postgres=# create database YOURNAME owner YOURNAME;
.... postgres=# \q
$

and now when logged in as unix user 'YOURNAME', you can connect to psql
and use all admin functionality directly. if you want a gui admin
utility...

$ sudo yum install -y pgadmin3_94
....
$ pgadmin

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Adrian,
I am doing same steps as you. And my byte count matches yours. It is a RHEL
6.5 Linux machine. If the byte count matches how can it be incomplete? I am
baffled. Thanks for any clues!

bash-4.1$ ls -all
total 132452

-rwxrwxrwx 1 apatnaik oprofile 37659362 Oct 20 20:41
postgresql-9.4.4-3-linux-x64.run
-rw-r----- 1 apatnaik oprofile 37548416 Oct 22 12:51
postgresql-9.5.0-beta1-linux-x64.run
bash-4.1$ chmod 755 postgresql-9.5.0-beta1-linux-x64.run
bash-4.1$ sudo ./postgresql-9.5.0-beta1-linux-x64.run
[sudo] password for apatnaik:

Installer payload initialization failed. This is likely due to an
incomplete or corrupt downloaded file

On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 12:28 PM, Adrian Klaver <adrian.klaver@aklaver.com>
wrote:

On 10/22/2015 10:03 AM, anj patnaik wrote:

Adrian,
I am doing same steps as you. And my byte count matches yours. It is a
RHEL 6.5 Linux machine. If the byte count matches how can it be
incomplete? I am baffled. Thanks for any clues!

bash-4.1$ ls -all
total 132452

-rwxrwxrwx 1 apatnaik oprofile 37659362 Oct 20 20:41
postgresql-9.4.4-3-linux-x64.run
-rw-r----- 1 apatnaik oprofile 37548416 Oct 22 12:51
postgresql-9.5.0-beta1-linux-x64.run
bash-4.1$ chmod 755 postgresql-9.5.0-beta1-linux-x64.run
bash-4.1$ sudo ./postgresql-9.5.0-beta1-linux-x64.run
[sudo] password for apatnaik:

Installer payload initialization failed. This is likely due to an
incomplete or corrupt downloaded file

From the command line, what does:

uname -a

show?

Per previous suggestions from others I would go with the yum install.
Installing from packages is the better long term solution as you are
plugged into future updates automatically. It is not difficult and it is
something you are going to do on a Linux system at some point anyway, so
the skills are worth acquiring.

On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 12:28 PM, 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 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@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?

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
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<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
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<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!!

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On 10/22/2015 10:03 AM, anj patnaik wrote:

Adrian,
I am doing same steps as you. And my byte count matches yours. It is a
RHEL 6.5 Linux machine. If the byte count matches how can it be
incomplete? I am baffled. Thanks for any clues!

bash-4.1$ ls -all
total 132452

-rwxrwxrwx 1 apatnaik oprofile 37659362 Oct 20 20:41
postgresql-9.4.4-3-linux-x64.run
-rw-r----- 1 apatnaik oprofile 37548416 Oct 22 12:51
postgresql-9.5.0-beta1-linux-x64.run
bash-4.1$ chmod 755 postgresql-9.5.0-beta1-linux-x64.run
bash-4.1$ sudo ./postgresql-9.5.0-beta1-linux-x64.run
[sudo] password for apatnaik:

Installer payload initialization failed. This is likely due to an
incomplete or corrupt downloaded file

If you are dead set on using the installer you might try, from command line:

wget
http://get.enterprisedb.com/postgresql/postgresql-9.5.0-beta1-linux-x64.run

See if the direct download does any better.

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Hello all,

I got past the yum install, ran initdb but running into errors when
starting service. Do you have to login as user postgres to start the
service? THANKS

I am on RHEL 6.5 and don't know the postgres user password.

service postgresql9.4 start
postgresql9.4: unrecognized service
-bash-4.1$ service postgresql start
postgresql: unrecognized service
-bash-4.1$ sudo passwd postgres
[sudo] password for postgres:
Sorry, try again.
[sudo] password for postgres:
Sorry, try again.
[sudo] password for postgres:
sudo: 2 incorrect password attempts
-bash-4.1$ service postgresql-9.4 restart
Stopping postgresql-9.4 service: [ OK ]
Starting postgresql-9.4 service: [FAILED]
-bash-4.1$ vi /var/lib/pgsql/9.4/pgstartup.log

On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 4:11 PM, Adrian Klaver <adrian.klaver@aklaver.com>
wrote:

On 10/23/2015 11:45 AM, anj patnaik wrote:

Hello all,

I got past the yum install, ran initdb but running into errors when
starting service. Do you have to login as user postgres to start the
service? THANKS

I am on RHEL 6.5 and don't know the postgres user password.

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