如何在OSX 10.10.2上将R与PostgreSQL连接？

Question

I have the following setup:

• OSX 10.10.2
• PostgreSQL 9.4.1
• R 3.1.3

This answer as of 2011 says that the easiest approach is to use RpgSQL package. But it is removed from the CRAN repository. RODBC mentioned there is available as source , but it fails to configure:

configure: error: "ODBC headers sql.h and sqlext.h not found"
ERROR: configuration failed for package ‘RODBC’

I've also found another package, which could help me - RPostgreSQL , but it fails to compile:

In file included from RS-PQescape.c:7:
./RS-PostgreSQL.h:23:14: fatal error: 'libpq-fe.h' file not found
#    include "libpq-fe.h"
             ^
1 error generated.
make: *** [RS-PQescape.o] Error 1
ERROR: compilation failed for package ‘RPostgreSQL’

Is there any other way to connect R and PostgreSQL?

Answer 1

See RODBC to connect to SQL Server on Mavericks

RODBC isn't really supported on OSX. What I ended up doing is to use RJDBC, which is in CRAN.
Setting up the connection to your data base isn't always easy. But it can be done: Postgres DB can't connect to R with RJDBC