Pokeapi: Installation problem (windows 10)

[Elgeneinar]

I used choco install make, and then ran make install.
I get this error:

ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1:
command: 'c:\python39\python.exe' -c 'import sys, setuptools, tokenize; sys.argv[0] = '"'"'C:\Users\[user]\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-sok1y4vt\psycopg2_3feed76d307847c3abed3ce0a85a8acd\setup.py'"'"'; __file__='"'"'C:\Users\[user]\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-sok1y4vt\psycopg2_3feed76d307847c3abed3ce0a85a8acd\setup.py'"'"';f=getattr(tokenize, '"'"'open'"'"', open)(__file__);code=f.read().replace('"'"'\r\n'"'"', '"'"'\n'"'"');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, '"'"'exec'"'"'))' egg_info --egg-base 'C:\Users[user]\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-pip-egg-info-eohw0ieg'
cwd: C:\Users[user]\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-sok1y4vt\psycopg2_3feed76d307847c3abed3ce0a85a8acd\
Complete output (23 lines):
running egg_info
creating C:\Users[user]\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-pip-egg-info-eohw0ieg\psycopg2.egg-info
writing C:\Users[user]\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-pip-egg-info-eohw0ieg\psycopg2.egg-info\PKG-INFO
writing dependency_links to C:\Users[user]\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-pip-egg-info-eohw0ieg\psycopg2.egg-info\dependency_links.txt
writing top-level names to C:\Users[user]\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-pip-egg-info-eohw0ieg\psycopg2.egg-info\top_level.txt
writing manifest file 'C:\Users[user]\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-pip-egg-info-eohw0ieg\psycopg2.egg-info\SOURCES.txt'

Error: pg_config executable not found.

pg_config is required to build psycopg2 from source.  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'.

If you prefer to avoid building psycopg2 from source, please install the PyPI
'psycopg2-binary' package instead.

For further information please check the 'doc/src/install.rst' file (also at
<http://initd.org/psycopg/docs/install.html>).

----------------------------------------

ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1: python setup.py egg_info Check the logs for full command output.

[Naramsim]

Hi @Elgeneinar, I personally don't use directly Python for building pokeapi, I use the docker setup.

If you look online for the query _Error: pg_config executable not found._ you can find many results on SO. In theory, you need to install a library on your machine.

Maybe you can follow some of those guides and then let us know how you overcame the issue.

But I strongly suggest using the Docker setup, if you have Docker.

[Elgeneinar]

Hi @Elgeneinar, I personally don't use directly Python for building pokeapi, I use the docker setup.

If you look online for the query _Error: pg_config executable not found._ you can find many results on SO. In theory, you need to install a library on your machine.

Maybe you can follow some of those guides and then let us know how you overcame the issue.

But I strongly suggest using the Docker setup, if you have Docker.

Oh, I do have docker, I just followed the install instructions as written in the Readme. I very possibly missed something about the docker, so I will look further tomorrow. Thanks for your reply.

[C-Garza]

I remember having this issue when I first set it up. I think it was having some problem with their pip packages or something, so I just followed the docs on their site to install it.

Leaving a link to their docs in case anyone else comes across this issue. Psycopg Docs.

[Elgeneinar]

I got it to build today. I first explored those Psycopg Docs linked by @C-Garza, however even when the psycopg2_binary got successfully installed, it did not affect the error.
I then tried the Docker setup, which initially failed due to a port access error, so I opened the docker-compose.yml file and set the port to 81:80 instead of 80:80.
After doing this and running make docker-setup again, it built without issues.
Using the JSON view chrome extension was helpful when looking at the data in the browser.
Thanks for helping me out with this 👍

[Naramsim]

Yeah, no problem at all :)

With docker, everything is easier.

[Naramsim]

Closing due to staleness. I'm aware the issue probably is still here though.