Added hint to check that Postgres is installed #83
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The error shown if Postgres is missing is confusing—for me it was along the lines of ```Installing pg 0.18.2 with native extensions Gem::Ext::BuildError: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension. /Users/user/.rbenv/versions/2.2.2/bin/ruby -r ./siteconf20150907-78059-f9x8cq.rb extconf.rb checking for pg_config... no No pg_config... trying anyway. If building fails, please try again with --with-pg-config=/path/to/pg_config 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. ``` To save the next person some time, I suggest we add the "check" to the docs.
samnang added a commit that referenced this pull request Sep 8, 2015
Added hint to check that Postgres is installed
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| Thank @kentwilliam. |
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The error shown if Postgres is missing is confusing—for me it was along the lines of:
To save the next person some time, I suggest we add the "check" to the docs.