Can’t find the ‘libpq-fe.h header when trying to install pg gem

It looks like in Ubuntu that header is part of the libpq-dev package (at least in the following Ubuntu versions: 11.04 (Natty Narwhal), 10.04 (Lucid Lynx), 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot), 12.04 (Precise Pangolin), 14.04 (Trusty Tahr) and 18.04 (Bionic Beaver)): So try installing libpq-dev or its equivalent for your OS: For Ubuntu/Debian systems: sudo apt-get install libpq-dev On Red Hat Linux (RHEL) systems: yum install postgresql-devel For Mac Homebrew: brew install postgresql For Mac MacPorts PostgreSQL: gem install pg — –with-pg-config=/opt/local/lib/postgresql[version number]/bin/pg_config … Read more