Install libpq-dev on Mac OS X

Question

I\'m trying to run Django with a Postgresql backend on my local Mac OS X. I\'ve installed Django using pip:

sudo pip install Django

I\'ve inst

Answer 1

Just install postgres from source. I'm doing that on Mac OS X. It's as easy as:

./configure 
make
sudo make install

Of course you may need extra steps like autostarting, or setting configure options, but I belive this is still most painless way of setting up on Mac OS X.

And if you for some reason want to avoid installing from source, you should look for a binary version of psycopg2, e.g. here: http://www.initd.org/psycopg/download/

sudo port install py27-psycopg2