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Fixing error when installing PostgreSQL gem in Ubuntu 15.10
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| # Copyright (c) 2016 Ricardo Giaviti | |
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| # We try to install the PostgreSQL gem in Ubuntu 15.10 (PostgreSQL are running in a docker conatiner), | |
| # but something bad happens | |
| $ gem install pg | |
| Building native extensions. This could take a while... | |
| ERROR: Error installing pg: | |
| ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension. | |
| current directory: /home/rgiaviti/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.0/gems/pg-0.18.4/ext | |
| /home/rgiaviti/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.3.0/bin/ruby -r ./siteconf20160419-11751-1mpjarv.rb extconf.rb | |
| checking for pg_config... no | |
| No pg_config... trying anyway. If building fails, please try again with | |
| --with-pg-config=/path/to/pg_config | |
| 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=/home/rgiaviti/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.3.0/bin/$(RUBY_BASE_NAME) | |
| --with-pg | |
| --without-pg | |
| --enable-windows-cross | |
| --disable-windows-cross | |
| --with-pg-config | |
| --without-pg-config | |
| --with-pg_config | |
| --without-pg_config | |
| --with-pg-dir | |
| --without-pg-dir | |
| --with-pg-include | |
| --without-pg-include=${pg-dir}/include | |
| --with-pg-lib | |
| --without-pg-lib=${pg-dir}/lib | |
| To see why this extension failed to compile, please check the mkmf.log which can be found here: | |
| /home/rgiaviti/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.0/extensions/x86_64-linux/2.3.0/pg-0.18.4/mkmf.log | |
| extconf failed, exit code 1 | |
| Gem files will remain installed in /home/rgiaviti/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.0/gems/pg-0.18.4 for inspection. | |
| Results logged to /home/rgiaviti/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.0/extensions/x86_64-linux/2.3.0/pg-0.18.4/gem_make.out | |
| # So, we need a specific package to install this gem and build the native extensions | |
| $ sudo apt-get install libpq-dev | |
| # And, we try again: | |
| $ gem install pg | |
| # Finally, we are good to create a new rails app with postgresql | |
| $ rails new myapp --database=postgresql |
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