Problem with installing a .bin

[Angelus Yukito]

I'll start by saying I'm an absolute newbie to Linux and have to start managing my own server in the next few months at work so I'm hoping that the legendary support of the Linux community will help me get there.

I'm trying to install a copy of Postgres using the .bin(I want pg Admin III as well which is why I'm not using apt-get).

It's sitting in downloads so I did the following:

$ cd /home/ryan/Downloads
$ sudo chmod +x postgresql-9.0.4-1-linux.bin
$ ./postgresql-9.0.4-1-linux.bin

but I keep getting:
-bash: ./postgresql-9.0.4-1-linux.bin: No such file or directory

I did -ls and the file is there and I can't figure out how to get this installed. Thanks for the help in advance.

[satanselbow]

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I really should learn to read post removed as talking $%&%

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[ruffEdgz]

Wanted to know more about the file that you downloaded. If you did the commands:

ls -l ./postgresql-9.0.4-1-linux.bin
file ./postgresql-9.0.4-1-linux.bin

What is the output from the above commands?

[Angelus Yukito]

Yes, I'm trying to install the newest stable version and pgAdmin III and then eventually PostGIS.

running those commands I get:
-rwxr-xr-x 1 ryan ryan 45148406 2011-05-26 10:56 ./postgresql-9.0.4-1-linux.bin
and
./postgresql-9.0.4-1-linux.bin: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2.2.5, stripped

[gandaran]

I'll start by saying I'm an absolute newbie to Linux and have to start managing my own server in the next few months at work so I'm hoping that the legendary support of the Linux community will help me get there.

I'm trying to install a copy of Postgres using the .bin(I want pg Admin III as well which is why I'm not using apt-get).

It's sitting in downloads so I did the following:

$ cd /home/ryan/Downloads
$ sudo chmod +x postgresql-9.0.4-1-linux.bin
$ ./postgresql-9.0.4-1-linux.bin

but I keep getting:
-bash: ./postgresql-9.0.4-1-linux.bin: No such file or directory

I did -ls and the file is there and I can't figure out how to get this installed. Thanks for the help in advance.

this is an annoying error you usually get even if cd is correct, to get around it cd to the downloads folder then drag the .bin file to terminal with mouse after typing ./, it wont fail!
if you use sh instead ./ you don't need to chmod the file and use sudo sh or sudo ./ to install the .bin file
if you don't have a gui on the server then just type the full bin file path even having cd the terminal, it should work with full path.

[Angelus Yukito]

Tried sudo sh and dragged the flie to console.

~/Downloads$ sudo sh '/home/ryan/Downloads/postgresql-9.0.4-1-linux.bin'
/home/ryan/Downloads/postgresql-9.0.4-1-linux.bin: 1: Syntax error: "(" unexpected

tried ./ and dragged
-bash: .//home/ryan/Downloads/postgresql-9.0.4-1-linux.bin: No such file or directory

tried sudo ./ and dragged
sudo: .//home/ryan/Downloads/postgresql-9.0.4-1-linux.bin: command not found
ryan@GeoServer:~/Downloads$

[gandaran]

~/Downloads$ sudo sh '/home/ryan/Downloads/postgresql-9.0.4-1-linux.bin'
/home/ryan/Downloads/postgresql-9.0.4-1-linux.bin: 1: Syntax error: "(" unexpected

only this one you have done it correctly, the others have some typing errors, was this only the error output?
look if you have the nautilus file gui on the server install this nautilus script app runner then run the bin file as CLI root, if you still get any error then something is wrong with the bin file.

[WorMzy]

What does

arch

say?

[Angelus Yukito]

I'm sorry I'm so new at this. I fixed the typing errors with ./ and sudo ./ and got some same output. I don't think I have Nautilus but to be honest I don't really understand what your talking about.

[Angelus Yukito]

arch give me:

x86_64