sqlite in 2.7 on redhat 6

[Larry Martell]

On Thu, Jun 15, 2017 at 10:35 AM, Peter Otten <__peter__ at web.de> wrote:
> Larry Martell wrote:
>
>>> On linux the system sqlite3 is used.
>>
>> I tried building and installing sqlite from source and that did not
>> solve the problem.
>
> You misunderstood: the problem is not sqlite3 it's that python needs
> sqlite3's header files.
>
>>> Is that a Python version that you compiled yourself?
>>
>> No I installed it with pip install python2.7
>
> I'd never have thought of trying that -- but still: did that download binary
> blobs or did it invoke the C compiler?

Sorry I mistyped - it wasn't pip it was yum.

> If the latter, and pip isn't smart
> enough to get the sqlite3 headers you need to install them by hand before
> letting pip do its magic.