Gem::Ext::BuildError: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension. - CentOS 6.5

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checking for libpq-fe.h... no

You need the Postgresql development libraries.

Try:

yum install postgresql-devel

or whatever is specific to your OS.

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Updated on June 25, 2022

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  • eComEvo
    eComEvo almost 2 years

    I'm trying to get Ruby version 2.0.0-p353 to run on Nginx 1.4.7 on CentOS 6.5. Everything installs as expected, but when I get to the point of running bundle install I get the following error:

    Gem::Ext::BuildError: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

    /usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-2.0.0-p353/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.
    
    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/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-2.0.0-p353/bin/ruby
            --with-pg
            --without-pg
            --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}/
    
    extconf failed, exit code 1
    
    Gem files will remain installed in /root/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p353@rails4/gems/pg-0.17.1 for inspection.
    Results logged to /root/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p353@rails4/extensions/x86_64-linux/2.0.0/pg-0.17.1/gem_make.out
    An error occurred while installing pg (0.17.1), and Bundler cannot continue.
    Make sure that `gem install pg -v '0.17.1'` succeeds before bundling.
    

    I couldn't locate the mkmf.log file mentioned.