1088-limesurvey205plus-build is not a valid build. Where did you get that one?
The error usually shows that the database was not correctly installed or the configured DB settings are wrong.

I got it from here http://www.limesurvey.org/en/stable-release/finish/25-latest-stable-release/1088-limesurvey205plus-build140320-tar-gz

Ah, so the build number is 140320. Anyway, I cannot reproduce this at all.
Did you check if the database is properly populated and did you check the contents of /application/config/config.php if the database credentials match? Does the database user have the necessary permissions?

as far as I can tell the db was created ok. The installer said it created and I created it using root. I've looked at the db online and there are many tables. What I failed to tell you was that the wizard error'd out immediately after creating the Admin user process. I can restart and run through the install again and provide that error message if helpful.

Please do - and check the contents of /application/config/config.php

here is the error

Internal Server Error

Could not add optional settings: exception 'CDbException' with message 'The table "{{users}}" for active record class "User" cannot be found in the database.' in /home/stephen/limesurvey/framework/db/ar/CActiveRecord.php:2362
Stack trace:
#0 /home/stephen/limesurvey/framework/db/ar/CActiveRecord.php(411): CActiveRecordMetaData->construct(Object(User))
#1 /home/stephen/limesurvey/framework/db/ar/CActiveRecord.php(79): CActiveRecord->getMetaData()
#2 /home/stephen/limesurvey/application/controllers/InstallerController.php(635): CActiveRecord->construct()
#3 /home/stephen/limesurvey/application/controllers/InstallerController.php(82): InstallerController->stepOptionalConfiguration()
#4 /home/stephen/limesurvey/framework/web/CWebApplication.php(282): InstallerController->run('optional')
#5 /home/stephen/limesurvey/framework/web/CWebApplication.php(141): CWebApplication->runController('installer/optio...')
#6 /home/stephen/limesurvey/framework/base/CApplication.php(180): CWebApplication->processRequest()
#7 /home/stephen/limesurvey/index.php(200): CApplication->run()
#8 {main}.

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Thank you.

Well, the table users is obviously there (as I can see in your db dump).

As it works here I think it may be a bug in your PHP version, to be precise, the mysql Db driver and/or caching. YOu could try updating your PHP version.
I don't think it is a LimeSurvey error as other PHP/MySQL users have no problems so it must be something with your system.

As said, try updating to the latest 5.5.x version.

I installed version 992-limesurvey192plus-build120919-zip and it works fine. just fyi.

Yes. LimeSurvey 1.92 uses a different database driver. One more reason for being a bug in the DB driver.

2.05+ Build 140404 released.