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Asked: 2026-05-28T15:25:50+00:00

I’m trying to install PostGreSQL on my Mac (Mac OS 10.6.8 Snow Leopard) and

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I’m trying to install PostGreSQL on my Mac (Mac OS 10.6.8 Snow Leopard) and I keep getting this error:

$ npm install pg
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/pg
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/pg
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/generic-pool/1.0.7
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/generic-pool/1.0.7

> pg@0.6.9 install /Users/omegatai/node_modules/pg
> node-waf configure build || (exit 0)

Checking for program g++ or c++          : /usr/bin/g++ 
Checking for program cpp                 : /usr/bin/cpp 
Checking for program ar                  : /usr/bin/ar 
Checking for program ranlib              : /usr/bin/ranlib 
Checking for g++                         : ok  
Checking for node path                   : ok /usr/local/lib/node 
Checking for node prefix                 : ok /usr/local 
Checking for program pg_config           : not found 
/Users/omegatai/node_modules/pg/wscript:16: error: The program ['pg_config'] is required
pg@0.6.9 ./node_modules/pg 
└── generic-pool@1.0.7

What is pg_config? How can I fix this issue? Thanks!

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  1. Editorial Team

    The pg_config program is normally installed as part of the PostgreSQL server installation. On the other hand, you appear to be installing a client library which expects that a server is already installed.

    Head over to http://www.postgresql.org/ and install the PostgreSQL server first.

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