pg_config executable not found

Question

I am having trouble installing psycopg2. I get the following error when I try to pip install psycopg2:

Error: pg_config executable not found.

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Answer 1

To those on macOS Catalina using the zsh shell who have also installed the postgres app:

Open your ~/.zshrc file, and add the following line:

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

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Then close all your terminals, reopen them, and you'll have resolved your problem.

If you don't want to close your terminals, simply enter source ~/.zshrc in whatever terminal you'd like to keep working on.