rails install pg - Can't find the 'libpq-f

Question

$ sudo bundle install

Result

Fetching gem metadata from https://rubygems.org/...........
Fetching gem metadata from https://rubygems.org/..
Using rake (0.9.2.2) 
Using i18n (0.6.1) 
Using multi_json (1.3.6) 
Using activesupport (3.2.8) 
Using builder (3.0.4) 
Using activemodel (3.2.8) 
Using erubis (2.7.0) 
Using journey (1.0.4) 
Using rack (1.4.1) 
Using rack-cache (1.2) 
Using rack-test (0.6.2) 
Using hike (1.2.1) 
Using tilt (1.3.3) 
Using sprockets (2.1.3) 
Using actionpack (3.2.8) 
Using mime-types (1.19) 
Using polyglot (0.3.3) 
Using treetop (1.4.11) 
Using mail (2.4.4) 
Using actionmailer (3.2.8) 
Using arel (3.0.2) 
Using tzinfo (0.3.33) 
Using activerecord (3.2.8) 
Using activeresource (3.2.8) 
Using bundler (1.2.1) 
Using coffee-script-source (1.4.0) 
Using execjs (1.4.0) 
Using coffee-script (2.2.0) 
Using rack-ssl (1.3.2) 
Using json (1.7.5) 
Using rdoc (3.12) 
Using thor (0.16.0) 
Using railties (3.2.8) 
Using coffee-rails (3.2.2) 
Using jquery-rails (2.1.3) 
Installing pg (0.14.1) with native extensions 
Gem::Installer::ExtensionBuildError: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

        /usr/bin/ruby1.8 extconf.rb 
checking for pg_config... yes
Using config values from /usr/bin/pg_config
You need to install postgresql-server-dev-X.Y for building a server-side extension or libpq-dev for building a client-side application.
You need to install postgresql-server-dev-X.Y for building a server-side extension or libpq-dev for building a client-side application.
checking for libpq-fe.h... no
Can't find the 'libpq-fe.h header
*** extconf.rb failed ***
Could not create Makefile due to some reason, probably lack of
necessary libraries and/or headers.  Check the mkmf.log file for more
details.  You may need configuration options.

Provided configuration options:
    --with-opt-dir
    --without-opt-dir
    --with-opt-include
    --without-opt-include=${opt-dir}/include
    --with-opt-lib
    --without-opt-lib=${opt-dir}/lib
    --with-make-prog
    --without-make-prog
    --srcdir=.
    --curdir
    --ruby=/usr/bin/ruby1.8
    --with-pg
    --without-pg
    --with-pg-dir
    --without-pg-dir
    --with-pg-include
    --without-pg-include=${pg-dir}/include
    --with-pg-lib
    --without-pg-lib=${pg-dir}/lib
    --with-pg-config
    --without-pg-config
    --with-pg_config
    --without-pg_config

Gem files will remain installed in /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/pg-0.14.1 for inspection.
Results logged to /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/pg-0.14.1/ext/gem_make.out
An error occurred while installing pg (0.14.1), and Bundler cannot continue.
Make sure that `gem install pg -v '0.14.1'` succeeds before bundling.

I am make $ gem install pg -v '0.14.1' But this is not help

My Gemfile

source 'https://rubygems.org'

#gem 'rails', '3.0.9'

#gem 'sqlite3', '1.3.6', :group => :development


gem 'rails', '3.2.8'

# Bundle edge Rails instead:
# gem 'rails', :git => 'git://github.com/rails/rails.git'


gem 'sqlite3'
gem 'pg'
gem 'taps'

gem 'json'

# Gems used only for assets and not required
# in production environments by default.
group :assets do
  gem 'sass-rails',   '~> 3.2.3'
  gem 'coffee-rails', '~> 3.2.1'

  # See https://github.com/sstephenson/execjs#readme for more supported runtimes
  # gem 'therubyracer', :platforms => :ruby

  gem 'uglifier', '>= 1.0.3'
end

gem 'jquery-rails'


#group :production do
  #gem 'pg'
#end
#group :development do
  #gem 'sqlite3'
#end

gem_make.out

/usr/bin/ruby1.8 extconf.rb 
checking for pg_config... yes
Using config values from /usr/bin/pg_config
You need to install postgresql-server-dev-X.Y for building a server-side extension or libpq-dev for building a client-side application.
You need to install postgresql-server-dev-X.Y for building a server-side extension or libpq-dev for building a client-side application.
checking for libpq-fe.h... no
Can't find the 'libpq-fe.h header
*** extconf.rb failed ***
Could not create Makefile due to some reason, probably lack of
necessary libraries and/or headers.  Check the mkmf.log file for more
details.  You may need configuration options.

Provided configuration options:
    --with-opt-dir
    --without-opt-dir
    --with-opt-include
    --without-opt-include=${opt-dir}/include
    --with-opt-lib
    --without-opt-lib=${opt-dir}/lib
    --with-make-prog
    --without-make-prog
    --srcdir=.
    --curdir
    --ruby=/usr/bin/ruby1.8
    --with-pg
    --without-pg
    --with-pg-dir
    --without-pg-dir
    --with-pg-include
    --without-pg-include=${pg-dir}/include
    --with-pg-lib
    --without-pg-lib=${pg-dir}/lib
    --with-pg-config
    --without-pg-config
    --with-pg_config
    --without-pg_config

mkmf.log

find_executable: checking for pg_config... -------------------- yes

--------------------

find_header: checking for libpq-fe.h... -------------------- no

"gcc -E -I. -I/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/i686-linux -I. -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -I -fno-strict-aliasing -g -g -O2  -fPIC    conftest.c -o conftest.i"
conftest.c:1:22: fatal error: libpq-fe.h: No such file or directory
compilation terminated.
checked program was:
/* begin */
1: #include <libpq-fe.h>
/* end */

--------------------

Help me please. Thank you.

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Answer 1

brew install postgresql worked for me.

Installation of postgresql was giving another error

Error: The following directories are not writable by your user: /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig /usr/local/share/info /usr/local/share/man/man3

This error was fixed by giving access to the mentioned directories to the current user

sudo chown -R $(whoami) (path)

Answer 2

On Mac OS X run like this:

gem install pg -- --with-pg-config=***/path/to/pg_config***

***/path/to/pg_config*** is path to pg_config

Answer 3

try this:

sudo apt-get install libpq-dev
gem install pg 

it would be works!

Answer 4

This is answered in Can't find the 'libpq-fe.h header when trying to install pg gem

Depending on your environment:

• Mac: brew install postgresql
• Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install libpq-dev
• RHEL: yum install postgresql-devel

Then run gem install pg again

Answer 5

On mac make sure your postgres is linked. You can do it by

brew link --overwrite postgresql

This fixed the issue for me.

Answer 6

I had this issue with a Jenkins server on Amazon AMI.

$ pg_config | grep VERSION
VERSION = PostgreSQL 9.4.9

Then depending on which version you need you can install the required lib

$ sudo yum list postgresql* | grep devel
postgresql92-devel.x86_64               9.2.18-1.59.amzn1          @amzn-main
postgresql94-devel.x86_64               9.4.9-1.67.amzn1           @amzn-main
postgresql8-devel.x86_64                8.4.20-5.52.amzn1          amzn-main
postgresql93-devel.x86_64               9.3.14-1.62.amzn1          amzn-main
postgresql95-devel.x86_64               9.5.4-1.71.amzn1           amzn-main

Then you can just install the corresponding version, in my case for version 9.4:

sudo yum install postgresql94-devel