[Python] "Failed building wheel for psycopg2" - MacOSX using virtualenv and pip

I'm attempting to make a website with a few others for the first time, and have run into a weird error when trying to use Django/Python/VirtualEnv. I've found solutions to this problem for other operating systems, such as Ubuntu, but can't find any good solutions for Mac.

This is the relevant code being run:

virtualenv -p python3 venv
source venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt


After running that block, I get the following errors:

AssertionError


Failed building wheel for django-toolbelt Running setup.py bdist_wheel for psycopg2
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AssertionError


Failed building wheel for psycopg2 Failed to build django-toolbelt psycopg2
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I believe I've installed the "django-toolbelt" and "psycopg2", so I'm not sure why it would be failing.

The only difference I can think of is that I did not use the command

sudo apt-get install libpq-dev


as was instructed for Ubuntu usage as I believe that installing postgresql with brew took care of the header.

Thanks for any help or insight!

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