Install RPostgreSQL on RHEL 6.5 libpq-fe.h Error

Question

I have RHEL 6.5 Server with an installation of R (3.1.1) & RStudioServer (0.98.1062)

I have postgresql-9.3 installed and handling a large database. In order to conne

Answer 1

I ended up looking into the RPostgreSQL configure file in the tarball, searched for the file name the script couldn't find and decided it was easiest to create an environmental variable:

export PG_INCDIR=/usr/pgsql-9.3/include/

Worked like a charm after that.

If you have sudo rights, you could also try:

yum install postgresql-devel

Answer 2

Followup info because I just had the same problem.
Installing yum install postgresql-devel resolves the error too.