title: How to find pg_config path
body: <p>Complete newbie here, trying to set up Django to work with PostgreSQL.</p>
  
  <p>I'm using mac osx 10.6.8.  I have also installed PostgreSQL 9.3</p>
  
  <p>When I run <code>pip install psycopg2</code> in terminal I get the following error</p>
  
  <pre><code>Downloading/unpacking psycopg2
    Downloading psycopg2-2.5.2.tar.gz (685kB): 685kB downloaded
    Running setup.py (path:/private/var/folders/A9/A99cs6x0FNusPejCVkYNTE+++TI/-Tmp-/pip_build_bengorman/psycopg2/setup.py) egg_info for package psycopg2
  
      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'.
      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'.
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I've seen a number of posts on this <br>
  <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5420789/how-to-install-psycopg2-with-pip-on-python">how-to-install-psycopg2-with-pip-on-python</a> <br>
  <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11618898/pg-config-executable-not-found">pg-config-executable-not-found</a> <br></p>
  
  <p>but I have no clue how to find the bin folder location containing pg_config.  Any tips on finding this path?</p>