Can't find the 'libpq-fe.h header

Mon, 03 Feb 2014 12:59:10 +0000

I need to install pg 0.17.1 gem on a server running CentOS. This is the error message I saw:

# gem install pg -v '0.17.1'
Building native extensions.  This could take a while...
ERROR:  Error installing pg:
        ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

/usr/bin/ruby 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.
...

First thing came to my mind was I must have forgotten to install the -dev package.

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Can't find the 'libpq-fe.h header