pip install psycopg2 not working

Question

After trying everything mentioned on the posts I could find about this same issue, I have yet to have any luck installing psycopg2

warning: manifest_maker: standard file '-c' not found

Error: pg_config executable not found.

Please add the directory containing pg_config to the PATH

or specify the full executable path with the option:

python setup.py build_ext --pg-config /path/to/pg_config build ...

or with the pg_config option in 'setup.cfg'.

What kind of setup do you have? Can you install anything else with pip? — highpost
On Ubuntu, I first install PostgreSQL w/ "sudo apt-get install postgresql postgresql-contrib libpq-dev" and then simply run "pip install psycopg2". On RHEL, it's "sudo yum install postgresql9-server" — highpost
I am using OSX, pip install works for everything else, and I have the postgres.app installed — Gideon
If my answer below worked for you, could you please accept it? — highpost

highpost highpost · Accepted Answer · 2014-11-09T04:58:03

pg_config is in /Applications/Postgres.app/Contents/Versions/9.3/bin. So you need to add that directory to your PATH in ~/.bash_profile:

PATH=/Applications/Postgres.app/Contents/Versions/9.3/bin:$PATH