I'm using a virtual environment. Does this impact the installation of PostgreSQL development libraries?

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I'm using a virtual environment. Does this impact the installation of PostgreSQL development libraries?
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Yes, if you're using a virtual environment, you need to install the PostgreSQL development libraries *within* that environment. Activate the virtual environment before running `apt-get install libpq-dev` (or the equivalent for your distribution).