I installed Gallery 3 Alpha 2, and the installation was successful.  However, I cannot add a photo because there is no 'browse' button, only a finish button.  Also there are many 'page not found' errors. The Admin directory does not exist under the Gallery folder on our server.  Example of error follows:  
Page Not Found
The requested page was not found. It may have moved, been deleted, or archived.
kohana/core/Kohana.php [787]:
The page you requested, admin/modules/index.php/admin/recaptcha, could not be found.
Stack Trace
core/controllers/admin.php [46]:
Kohana::show_404(  )Admin_Controller->__call( modules, Array
(
    [0] => index.php
    [1] => admin
    [2] => recaptcha
)
 )kohana/core/Kohana.php [270]:
ReflectionMethod->invokeArgs( Admin_Controller Object
(
    [theme:private] =>
    [uri] => URI Object
        (
        )
    [input] => Input Object
        (
            [use_xss_clean:protected] => 1
            [magic_quotes_gpc:protected] => 1
            [ip_address] =>
        )
)
, Array
(
    [0] => modules
    [1] => Array
        (
            [0] => index.php
            [1] => admin
            [2] => recaptcha
        )
)
 )Kohana::instance(  )kohana/core/Event.php [209]:
call_user_func( Array
(
    [0] => Kohana
    [1] => instance
)
 )kohana/core/Bootstrap.php [55]:
Event::run( system.execute )index.php [61]:
require( kohana/core/Bootstrap.php )  
 
  
Posts: 573
Try to upload as a zip file and extract locally. Maybe your FTP went bad.
Try the PHP script here:
http://www.learncpp.com/general-programming/a-php-script-to-unzip-files-with-file-overwriting/
all the best
HB