Heroku error when launch rails3.1 app missing postgres gem

Question

I am trying to deploy to heroku.

Rails 3.1.0.rc4,

I get the following error from Heroku logs:

Starting process with command: `thin -p 48902          


        

Answer 1

Do you have PostgreSQL installed on your computer? If you don't then install it first, then install the pg gem.

# gemfile
group :production do
  gem 'therubyracer-heroku', '0.8.1.pre3' # you will need this too
  gem 'pg'
end