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pg (postgresql) gem installation error and solution [ubuntu 12.04]
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ERROR | |
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$ gem install pg -v '0.17.0' | |
Building native extensions. This could take a while... | |
ERROR: Error installing pg: | |
ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension. | |
/home/vishal/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p194/bin/ruby extconf.rb | |
checking for pg_config... yes | |
Using config values from /usr/bin/pg_config | |
checking for libpq-fe.h... yes | |
checking for libpq/libpq-fs.h... yes | |
checking for pg_config_manual.h... yes | |
checking for PQconnectdb() in -lpq... no | |
checking for PQconnectdb() in -llibpq... no | |
checking for PQconnectdb() in -lms/libpq... no | |
Can't find the PostgreSQL client library (libpq) | |
*** 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 | |
--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=/home/vishal/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p194/bin/ruby | |
--with-pg | |
--without-pg | |
--with-pg-config | |
--without-pg-config | |
--with-pg_config | |
--without-pg_config | |
--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-pqlib | |
--without-pqlib | |
--with-libpqlib | |
--without-libpqlib | |
--with-ms/libpqlib | |
--without-ms/libpqlib | |
Gem files will remain installed in /home/vishal/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@hygien-0.1.0/gems/pg-0.17.0 for inspection. | |
Results logged to /home/vishal/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@hygien-0.1.0/gems/pg-0.17.0/ext/gem_make.out | |
SOLUTION | |
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$ cp ~/.rvm/usr/lib ~/.rvm/usr/lib_rvm | |
$ gem install pg -v '0.17.0' | |
Building native extensions. This could take a while... | |
Successfully installed pg-0.17.0 | |
1 gem installed | |
Reference | |
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http://stackoverflow.com/a/8874260/1052356 |
sudo apt-get install libgmp3-dev
Thank you! :)
Another approach I need upgrade the pg version and postgres version, so was re-install libpq-dev
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This could ease your struggle 😄
sudo apt-get install postgresql-client libpq5 libpq-dev
then install globally with:
sudo gem install pg