Install pdo for postgres Ubuntu

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I am trying to enable the pdo driver for my php installation, but when I runn the command

./configure --prefix=/usr/local/webserver/php --with-apxs2=/usr/local/webserver/apache2/bin/apxs --enable-mbstring --enable-intl --with-icu-dir=/usr --with-pgsql=/usr/local/webserver/postgres --with-pdo-pgsql=/usr/local/webserver/postgres

I get

"Unable to build the PDO PostgreSQL driver: libpq 7.4+ is required"

I install postgresql in that directory

/usr/local/webserver/postgres

I installed postgresql 9.0.4.1 using the bin package and using php 5.3

score 113 · Accepted Answer · edited Dec 22 '17 at 17:23

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Pecl PDO package is now deprecated. By the way the debian package php5-pgsql now includes both the regular and the PDO driver, so just:

apt-get install php-pgsql

Apache also needs to be restarted before sites can use it:

sudo systemctl restart apache2

edited Dec 22 '17 at 17:23

danlynn

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answered May 07 '13 at 09:48

Alex

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I wasn't sure if that package included the PDO driver. Thanks! – btleffler Mar 28 '15 at 13:25
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Remember to execute: `php5enmod pgsql` after that – Thiago Mata Nov 13 '15 at 02:23
After that, it is also needed to restart your web server – Junior Mayhé Nov 27 '15 at 14:21
I don't remember how I solved by that moment, but what I can say now, is that for both Debian and Ubuntu what @alex say, is the correct way to install it. However I must said that versions of Ubuntu like 14 and maybe before of it, already include a version of Postgres (I think 9.0) if you want to install a new one like 9.3 you can use apt-get purge postgresql -y && apt-get install postgresql-9.3 -y – Richard Pérez Mar 02 '16 at 20:09

score 28 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 23 '13 at 03:39

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Try the packaged pecl version instead (the advantage of the packaged installs is that they're easier to upgrade):

apt-get install php5-dev
pecl install pdo
pecl install pdo_pgsql

or, if you just need a driver for PHP, but that it doesn't have to be the PDO one:

apt-get install php5-pgsql

Otherwise, that message most likely means you need to install a more recent libpq package. You can check which version you have by running:

dpkg -s libpq-dev

edited Apr 23 '13 at 03:39

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answered Aug 30 '11 at 09:02

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Please note that this answer is outdated and see the answer below from Will. – Mikko Ohtamaa May 04 '15 at 12:02

Dylan Pierce · Answer 3 · 2017-10-03T19:34:22.390

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If you're using the wonderful ondrej/php ubuntu repository with php7.0:

sudo apt-get install php7.0-pgsql

For ondrej/php Ubuntu repository with php7.1:

sudo apt-get install php7.1-pgsql

Same repository, but for php5.6:

sudo apt-get install php5.6-pgsql

Concise and easy to remember. I love this repository.

edited Oct 03 '17 at 19:34

answered Sep 08 '16 at 15:37

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no probem, but the real thanks goes to ondrej. He/She made PHP installation so easy – Dylan Pierce Mar 06 '18 at 15:51
This made it really easy, just did php7.3-pgsql. Cheers – james-see May 27 '20 at 21:18

score 9 · Answer 4 · answered Apr 24 '13 at 14:03

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PDO driver for PostgreSQL is now included in the debian package php5-dev. The above steps using Pecl no longer works.

answered Apr 24 '13 at 14:03

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score 3 · Answer 5 · answered Feb 10 '17 at 12:28

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If you are using PHP 5.6, the command is:

sudo apt-get install php5.6-pgsql

answered Feb 10 '17 at 12:28

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This was it for me -- spent several hours banging my head against the wall with: " [PDOException] could not find driver" in Laravel Homestead – Ben Wilson Jun 19 '17 at 08:32

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