How to build the pysqlite? Where to find the "sqlite3.h"?

saju.pillai at gmail.com saju.pillai at gmail.com
Tue Nov 4 20:59:56 EST 2008


On Nov 5, 6:47 am, Kurda Yon <kurda... at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I try to "build" and "install" pysqlite? After I type "python setup.py
> build" I get a lot of error messages? The first error  is "src/
> connection.h:33:21: error: sqlite3.h: No such file or directory". So,
> I assume that the absence of the "sqlite3.h" is the origin of the
> problem.
>

You can try downloading sqlite3 from the web and installing it in a
local dir. Update pysqlite setup.cfg to add these local dir names and
then try building it.

-srp


> I found on the web, that this file should be either in "/usr/local/
> include" or in "/usr/local/lib". I check this directories and I really
> do not have the "sqlite3.h" there.
>
> Thinks becomes even more complicated since I have no permissions to
> write to the 2 above mentioned directories? So, do I have any chance
> to install the pysqlite? If yes, what should I do?
>
> Should I find the file on the web and put in in some of my directories
> and then to change the path in the "setup.cfg"?
>
> Thank you for any help.




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