Installing pg 1.1.3 with native extensions Gem::Ext::BuildError: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.
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First of all check you've correct ruby that you project is using.
Then See if you've correct postgress version.
ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.
current directory: /home/zee/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.5.1/gems/pg-1.1.3/ext
/usr/share/rvm/rubies/ruby-2.5.1/bin/ruby -r ./siteconf20181017-26170-13wfrf9.rb extconf.rb
checking for pg_config... yes
Using config values from /usr/bin/pg_config
You need to install postgresql-server-dev-X.Y for building a server-side extension or libpq-dev for building a client-side application.
You need to install postgresql-server-dev-X.Y for building a server-side extension or libpq-dev for building a client-side application.
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=/usr/share/rvm/rubies/ruby-2.5.1/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=${pg-dir}/lib
To see why this extension failed to compile, please check the mkmf.log which can be found here:
/home/zee/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.5.1/extensions/x86_64-linux/2.5.0/pg-1.1.3/mkmf.log
extconf failed, exit code 1
Gem files will remain installed in /home/zee/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.5.1/gems/pg-1.1.3 for inspection.
Results logged to /home/zee/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.5.1/extensions/x86_64-linux/2.5.0/pg-1.1.3/gem_make.out
Then See if you've correct postgress version.
sudo apt-get install libpq-dev python-dev
My Error stack.
Building native extensions. This could take a while...
ERROR: Error installing pg:Building native extensions. This could take a while...
ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.
current directory: /home/zee/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.5.1/gems/pg-1.1.3/ext
/usr/share/rvm/rubies/ruby-2.5.1/bin/ruby -r ./siteconf20181017-26170-13wfrf9.rb extconf.rb
checking for pg_config... yes
Using config values from /usr/bin/pg_config
You need to install postgresql-server-dev-X.Y for building a server-side extension or libpq-dev for building a client-side application.
You need to install postgresql-server-dev-X.Y for building a server-side extension or libpq-dev for building a client-side application.
checking for libpq-fe.h... no
Can't find the 'libpq-fe.h header
*** extconf.rb failed ***
Could not create Makefile due to some reason, probably lack of necessary
libraries and/or headers. Check the mkmf.log file for more details. You may
need configuration options.
Provided configuration options:
--with-opt-dir
--without-opt-dir
--with-opt-include
--without-opt-include=${opt-dir}/include
--with-opt-lib
--without-opt-lib=${opt-dir}/lib
--with-make-prog
--without-make-prog
--srcdir=.
--curdir
--ruby=/usr/share/rvm/rubies/ruby-2.5.1/bin/$(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/zee/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.5.1/extensions/x86_64-linux/2.5.0/pg-1.1.3/mkmf.log
extconf failed, exit code 1
Gem files will remain installed in /home/zee/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.5.1/gems/pg-1.1.3 for inspection.
Results logged to /home/zee/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.5.1/extensions/x86_64-linux/2.5.0/pg-1.1.3/gem_make.out
