psycopg2 installing error in cPanel while hosting Django Website with PostgreSQL

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Collecting psycopg2 Using cached psycopg2-2.9.3.tar.gz (380 kB) Preparing metadata (setup.py) ... error error: subprocess-exited-with-error

× python setup.py egg_info did not run successfully. │ exit code: 1 ╰─> [23 lines of output] running egg_info creating /tmp/pip-pip-egg-info-irgb8yga/psycopg2.egg-info writing /tmp/pip-pip-egg-info-irgb8yga/psycopg2.egg-info/PKG-INFO writing dependency_links to /tmp/pip-pip-egg-info-irgb8yga/psycopg2.egg-info/dependency_links.txt writing top-level names to /tmp/pip-pip-egg-info-irgb8yga/psycopg2.egg-info/top_level.txt writing manifest file '/tmp/pip-pip-egg-info-irgb8yga/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
  <https://www.psycopg.org/docs/install.html>).

  [end of output]

note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip. error: metadata-generation-failed

× Encountered error while generating package metadata. ╰─> See above for output.

note: This is an issue with the package mentioned above, not pip. hint: See above for details.

Answer 1

As recommended in the log try using psycopg2-binary as package not psycopg2. That's how I use it and it's working on all different environments.