Details about pg gem error: Can’t find the ‘libpq-fe.h header when doing bundle in Rails

If you are getting errors like:

installing pdf-reader 1.3.3
Gem::Ext::BuildError: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

/home/vagrant/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.2.0/bin/ruby -r ./siteconf20150306-5919-1rr483p.rb extconf.rb
checking for pg_config... yes
Using config values from /usr/bin/pg_config
You need to install postgresql-server-dev-X.Y for building a server-side extension or libpq-dev for building a client-side application.
You need to install postgresql-server-dev-X.Y for building a server-side extension or libpq-dev for building a client-side application.
checking for libpq-fe.h... no
Can't find the 'libpq-fe.h header
*** extconf.rb failed ***
Could not create Makefile due to some reason, probably lack of necessary
libraries and/or headers. Check the mkmf.log file for more details. You may
need configuration options.


when trying to install pg gem,
you are just missing some dependancy library related to libpq. Install the following package


$ sudo apt-get install libpq-dev


then do


$ gem install pg -v 'version-no'


then do


bundle install