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psycopg2 error install

sudo apt install libpq-dev python3-dev
sudo apt install build-essential

error installing psycopg2

	-(option1) Incase you encounter an error installing psycopg2,
      try installing the binaries instead:
pip install psycopg2-binary

	-or (option2) downgrade the header file libpq5
sudo aptitude install libpq-dev   # aptitude is recommended since it is better when it comes to resolving dependencies

accept the solution that recommends downgrading libpq5(usually the second recommended action)

pip install psycopg2
sudo apt-get install -y libpq5      # undo the downgrade

psycopg2 error

$ pip install psycopg2-binary