Error when installing psycopg2 on Windows 10

Question

Collecting psycopg2
  Using cached psycopg2-2.6.1.tar.gz
  Complete output from command python setup.py egg_info:
  running egg_info
  creating pip-egg-info\psycopg2.egg-info
  writing pip-egg-info\psycopg2.egg-info\PKG-INFO
  writing top-level names to pip-egg-info\psycopg2.egg-info\top_level.txt
  writing dependency_links to pip-egg-info\psycopg2.egg-info\dependency_links.txt
  writing manifest file 'pip-egg-info\psycopg2.egg-info\SOURCES.txt'
  warning: manifest_maker: standard file '-c' not found

Error: pg_config executable not found.

Please add the directory containing pg_config to the PATH
or specify the full executable path with the option:

    python setup.py build_ext --pg-config /path/to/pg_config build ...

or with the pg_config option in 'setup.cfg'.

----------------------------------------
Command "python setup.py egg_info" failed with error code 1 in 
C:\Users\peppe\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-599lt1cp\psycopg2\

Every time I attempt to run pip install psycopg2 I get the above error. I tried to download the compiled version, but when I run it, I get an error telling me Python 3.5 must be installed. I have Python 3.5 x86 installed, and I downloaded the x86 version of psycopg2 to match it, so I really cannot find a solution. Anyone have any ideas? I am running Windows 10.

Answer 1

Installed psycopg2 on Windows 10 without issues:

pip install psycopg2

Ensure you have the PostgreSQL executables incl. DLL's in your PATH:

%PG_HOME%\bin;%PG_HOME%\lib

Answer 2

Just install C++ build tools

• https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/visual-cpp-build-tools/

• And then, pip install psycopg2 . and you should see:

  Successfully built psycopg2