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Unable to install pg /bin/sh: 1: pg_config: not found

See original GitHub issue

pg@2.8.2 install /home/xxx/node/node_modules/pg node-gyp rebuild || (exit 0)

/bin/sh: 1: pg_config: not found gyp: Call to ‘pg_config --libdir’ returned exit status 127. while trying to load binding.gyp gyp ERR! configure error gyp ERR! stack Error: gyp failed with exit code: 1 gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.onCpExit (/usr/share/node-gyp/lib/configure.js:431:16) gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:98:17) gyp ERR! stack at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (child_process.js:789:12) gyp ERR! System Linux 3.11.0-12-generic gyp ERR! command “nodejs” “/usr/bin/node-gyp” “rebuild” gyp ERR! cwd /home/rkot/node/node_modules/pg gyp ERR! node -v v0.10.15 gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v0.10.9 gyp ERR! not ok pg@2.8.2 node_modules/pg ├── generic-pool@2.0.3 └── buffer-writer@1.0.0 (async@0.2.9, cloned@0.0.1)

nodejs -v v0.10.15 npm -v 1.2.18

Any idea how to fix it?

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harrisonlocommented, Sep 28, 2017

Does anyone know what’s the fix for mac users? (What’s the mac equivalent for apt-get install libpq-dev?)

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jose-nunezcommented, Jun 17, 2019

Hey @harrison0723 this worked for me: brew install postgresql

https://superuser.com/questions/296873/install-libpq-dev-on-mac-os

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