help with pgsql_perl5-1.9.0

I have been attempting to install pgsql so I can make use of the old Pg commands, otherwise I have thousands of lines of code in hundreds of cgi scripts which I am going to have to modify. I successfully installed this same version on another Centos 6 server about a year ago and it compiled and works correctly. This is on a new server I am attempting to put into service, and need to get it running ASAP.

I have been unable to do a successful make on the software, I get
LD_RUN_PATH="/usr/lib/../lib64" cc -shared -O2 -L/usr/local/lib -fstack-protector Pg.o -o blib/arch/auto/Pg/Pg.so \
-L/usr/local/pgsql/include -lpq \

/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lpq
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [blib/arch/auto/Pg/Pg.so] Error 1
After getting the error the first time, I removed the old perl and installed the latest version
per the instructions in the README
pgsql_perl5-1.9.0

perl -v
This is perl 5, version 24, subversion 0 (v5.24.0) built for x86_64-linux

perl -V
Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 24 subversion 0) configuration:

Platform:
osname=linux, osvers=2.6.32-642.11.1.el6.x86_64, archname=x86_64-linux
uname='linux tp2.keyweb.com 2.6.32-642.11.1.el6.x86_64 #1 smp fri nov 18 19:25:05 utc 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 gnulinux '
config_args='-de'
hint=previous, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define
useithreads=undef, usemultiplicity=undef
use64bitint=define, use64bitall=define, uselongdouble=undef
usemymalloc=n, bincompat5005=undef
Compiler:
cc='cc', ccflags ='-fwrapv -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -fstack-protector -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2',
optimize='-O2',
cppflags='-fwrapv -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -fstack-protector -I/usr/local/include'
ccversion='', gccversion='4.4.7 20120313 (Red Hat 4.4.7-17)', gccosandvers=''
intsize=4, longsize=8, ptrsize=8, doublesize=8, byteorder=12345678, doublekind=3
d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=16, longdblkind=3
ivtype='long', ivsize=8, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='off_t', lseeksize=8
alignbytes=8, prototype=define
Linker and Libraries:
ld='cc', ldflags =' -fstack-protector -L/usr/local/lib'
libpth=/usr/local/lib /usr/lib /lib/../lib64 /usr/lib/../lib64 /lib /lib64 /usr/lib64 /usr/local/lib64 /usr/local/lib /usr/lib
libs=-lpthread -lnsl -lgdbm -ldb -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lc
perllibs=-lpthread -lnsl -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lc
libc=libc-2.12.so, so=so, useshrplib=false, libperl=libperl.a
gnulibc_version='2.12'
Dynamic Linking:
dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=so, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags='-Wl,-E'
cccdlflags='-fPIC', lddlflags='-shared -O2 -L/usr/local/lib -fstack-protector'

Characteristics of this binary (from libperl):
Compile-time options: HAS_TIMES PERLIO_LAYERS PERL_COPY_ON_WRITE
PERL_DONT_CREATE_GVSV
PERL_HASH_FUNC_ONE_AT_A_TIME_HARD PERL_MALLOC_WRAP
PERL_PRESERVE_IVUV USE_64_BIT_ALL USE_64_BIT_INT
USE_LARGE_FILES USE_LOCALE USE_LOCALE_COLLATE
USE_LOCALE_CTYPE USE_LOCALE_NUMERIC USE_LOCALE_TIME
USE_PERLIO USE_PERL_ATOF
Built under linux
Compiled at Dec 7 2016 04:18:40
@INC:
/usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.24.0/x86_64-linux
/usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.24.0
/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.24.0/x86_64-linux
/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.24.0

Thank you,
Bob Nick
bnick(at)keyweb(dot)com
www.keyweb.com