Install libpq-dev on Mac OS?

Does anyone know how I can install libpq-dev on Mac OS 10.6? It's a pre-requisite for something else I want to install.

There doesn't seem to be a macport for it, so how can I install it on a Mac?

4 Answers

Consider using Homebrew

brew install postgresql 

It'll give you the necessary headers.

You can install libpq (dev files are included) alone using homebrew.

brew install libpq 

The include files and libs are then available in the following folders:

/usr/local/opt/libpq/lib /usr/local/opt/libpq/include 

When I've search in ports I've found this:

port search libpq libpqxx @3.0.2 (databases, devel) Official C++ client API for PostgreSQL libpqxx26 @2.6.9 (databases, devel) Official C++ client API for PostgreSQL 

You can try one of those.

Using macports, this worked for me:

sudo port install postgresql96 sudo port select --set postgresql postgresql96 

I believe this installs all the postgres client tools and libs, while macports has a separate port for installing the server, i.e. postgresql96-server.