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+Note that `libpq` is required on ARM-based Macs.
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 xcode-select --install
 ```
 
-On ARM-based Macs you may need to explicitly install libjpeg which is a pillow dependency. You can use Homebrew (https://brew.sh):
+On ARM-based Macs you may need to install libjpeg and libpq. 
+You can use Homebrew (https://brew.sh):
 ```sh
- brew install jpeg
+ brew install jpeg libpq
  ```
 
 On macOS Catalina (10.15) you may need to explicitly install OpenSSL