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Asked: 2026-06-12T15:57:07+00:00

I’ve installed PostgreSQL using Brew (having previously tried to install using the standalone installer

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I’ve installed PostgreSQL using Brew (having previously tried to install using the standalone installer found on the PostgreSQL website), but am receiving the following error message when I try to bundle install:

Errno::EACCES: Permission denied - /Users/xxxxx/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194/gems/pg-0.14.1/.gemtest An error occurred while installing pg (0.14.1), and Bundler cannot continue. Make sure that `gem install pg -v '0.14.1'` succeeds before bundling.

I’ve found various potential solutions on Stackoverflow, none of which appear to fix the issue.

psql --version returns: 9.2.1
which psql returns: /usr/local/bin/psql

Anyone recognise this error, and/or have any further ideas as to how to fix it?

Failing that, I suppose I could stick with SQLite locally, and use PostgreSQL in the production environment. I assume I would need to manually make the following changes to the database.yml file (I’m about to deploy for the very first time):

production:
  adapter: postgresql
  encoding: unicode
  database: myapp_production
  pool: 5
  username: myapp
  password:

And, in my gemfile, include the following (note that running bundle install returns the same error, but because I’m assuming there won’t be any errors with the PostgreSQL installation on the production server, I think it should still work?):

group :production do

  gem 'pg'

end

EDIT: Scratch that, Webrick won’t run at all if gem ‘pg’ is included in the gemfile.

EDIT 2: Also, when I try to run rvmsudo gem install pg, I get this:

ld: in /usr/local/lib/libssl.0.9.8.dylib, missing required architecture x86_64 in file
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [pg_ext.bundle] Error 1

** EDIT 3: ** Admitting defeat.

Hi folks,

Firstly, thanks for all your help.

Unfortunately, after two days, I’m going to have to admit defeat.

No matter which method I try, and whether I use the EnterpriseDB version or Homebrew-installed version of PostgreSQL, I simply cannot install the pg gem. I’ve tried all of the following: 

install gem pg

sudo install gem pg

rvmsudo install gem pg

sudo env PATH=/library/PostgreSQL/9.2/bin:$PATH gem install pg (when using the EnterpriseDB installer)

rvmsudo env PATH=/library/PostgreSQL/9.2/bin:$PATH gem install pg (ditto)

rvmsudo env PATH=/library/PostgreSQL/9.2/bin:$PATH ARCHFLAGS="-arch x86_54" gem install

Whichever of the above methods I choose returns the following error:

ld: in /usr/local/lib/libssl.0.9.8.dylib, missing required architecture x86_64 in file

Whenever I try to install the gem via a bundle install, I get the following error:

Errno::EACCES: Permission denied - /Users/xxx/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194/gems/pg-0.14.1/.gemtest
An error occurred while installing pg (0.14.1), and Bundler cannot continue.
Make sure that `gem install pg -v '0.14.1'` succeeds before bundling.

I can’t afford to spend more time on this, so I’ve bit the bullet and will probably use MySQL instead.

Thanks again,

Graeme

FINAL EDIT – Fixed! See my answer below for how I did it, as it may help others **

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  1. Editorial Team

    It looks to me like you are missing something regarding OpenSSL (whether a header file or otherwise) on your installation. I would double check the installation there. Failing that I would suggest looking into disabling SSL support on this gem however you do that. I looked over the source and it looks like it compiles against libpq which may already be able to link to OpenSSL anyway so that may not be an issue.

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