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.kla...@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 >> <adrian.kla...@aklaver.com <mailto:adrian.kla...@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.kla...@aklaver.com <mailto:adrian.kla...@aklaver.com> >> <mailto:adrian.kla...@aklaver.com >> >> <mailto:adrian.kla...@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.kla...@aklaver.com <mailto:adrian.kla...@aklaver.com> >> <mailto:adrian.kla...@aklaver.com >> <mailto:adrian.kla...@aklaver.com>> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Adrian Klaver >> adrian.kla...@aklaver.com <mailto:adrian.kla...@aklaver.com> >> >> >> > > -- > Adrian Klaver > adrian.kla...@aklaver.com >
