Install Postgresql-server-dev on RaspberryPi (armhf) running Ubuntu Server 16.04 from source

I am setting up my raspberry pi as a test server for a rails application. This requires PostgreSQL-server-dev to be installed, or else the pg gem won't install with capistrano. I have tried using apt-get and aptitude to install postgresql-server-dev, however, it says

 N: Skipping acquire of configured file 'main/binary-armhf/Packages' as repository ' xenial-pgdg InRelease' doesn't support architecture 'armhf'

when I try installing. I have added the repository to pgdg.list, however it looks like there is no port for ARM architecture available.

On the ubuntu page for postgresql, under the port -> armhf, there is a page, but no download link, so I believe that this is impossible to install with apt-get.

I have found a link for the source code here However I have no idea what to do with this file. Any help on how to install or workarounds would be appreciated.

1 Answer

Never mind, figured it out. wget to download, apt-get to install dependencies, and dpkg -i to install package itself. Pretty simple.

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