Cannot install pg gem in Mavericks with Postgres.app

Question

I am trying to install the pg gem for use with Postgres.app on my local machine. I am running Mavericks.

Postgres.app is installed and running fine, but I cannot get

Answer 1

adding the postgress bin dir to the path also does the trick. just add the bin to the pat like this. with recent installs the latest symbolic link makes sure that this path should be 'stable' for future version upgrades.

export PATH=$PATH:/Applications/Postgres.app/Contents/Versions/latest/bin

Answer 2

I was able to install pg with this command

    gem install pg -- --with-pg-config=/Library/PostgreSQL/9.3/bin/pg_config

I found my path by running

    sudo find / -name "pg_config"

and I Successfully installed pg-0.17.1