Error when executing pip install -e when installing indico

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Hi,

Today I tried to execute this step from Indico installation:
pip install -e
using the tutorial documented in Installation Guide (development) in Indico site:

And then I got the following error:

Using cached https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/5c/1c/6997288da181277a0c29bc39a5f9143ff20b8c99f2a7d059cfb55163e165/psycopg2-2.8.3.tar.gz
ERROR: Complete output from command python setup.py egg_info:
ERROR: running egg_info
creating pip-egg-info/psycopg2.egg-info
writing pip-egg-info/psycopg2.egg-info/PKG-INFO
writing top-level names to pip-egg-info/psycopg2.egg-info/top_level.txt
writing dependency_links to pip-egg-info/psycopg2.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
writing manifest file ‘pip-egg-info/psycopg2.egg-info/SOURCES.txt’

Error: pg_config executable not found.

pg_config is required to build psycopg2 from source.  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'.

If you prefer to avoid building psycopg2 from source, please install the PyPI
'psycopg2-binary' package instead.

For further information please check the 'doc/src/install.rst' file (also at
<http://initd.org/psycopg/docs/install.html>).

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ERROR: Command “python setup.py egg_info” failed with error code 1 in /tmp/pip-install-GA4D10/psycopg2/

Does anyone know how can I correct that?
Thanks a lot!

2

Sounds like you are missing the postgres dev packages from your linux distro, which are needed to install psycopg2.

3

Hi,

The posgres dev package is actually installed but not in the path. On my CentOS 7 environement, it is in /usr/pgsql-9.6/bin. Have to add that to the path environment after activate the indico.

4

I guess you’re using a non-standard package (probably because CentOS provides only Postgres 9.2)? Otherwise that shouldn’t be needed.

5

AFAIK the pgdg package on centos doesn’t add its dev tools to PATH. IIRC I added something about this to the prod setup guide very recently.

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Thanks for the help, guys!