python unix install, sqlite3

[vasudevram]

On May 29, 11:40 pm, Simon <resmi... at yahoo.com> wrote:
> On May 29, 7:05 am, vasudevram <vasudev... at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > On May 29, 5:52 pm, Simon <resmi... at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> > > I installed the source code on unix for python 2.5.1. The install went
> > > mainly okay, except for some failures regarding:
> > > _ssl, _hashlib, _curses, _curses_panel.
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> > > No errors regarding sqlite3.
> > > However, when I start python and do an import sqlite3 I get:
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> > > /ptmp/bin/> python
> > > Python 2.5.1 (r251:54863, May 29 2007, 05:19:30)
> > > [GCC 3.3.2] on sunos5
> > > Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.>>> import sqlite3
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> > > Traceback (most recent call last):
> > >   File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
> > >   File "/ptmp/Python-2.5.1/lib/python2.5/sqlite3/__init__.py", line
> > > 24, in <module>
> > >     from dbapi2 import *
> > >   File "/ptmp/Python-2.5.1/lib/python2.5/sqlite3/dbapi2.py", line 27,
> > > in <module>
> > >     from _sqlite3 import *
> > > ImportError: No module named _sqlite3
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> > Some ideas:
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> > I don't know if sqlite3 comes bundled with the standard Python source
> > bundle. My guess is not. If not, that's the cause of the error - you
> > need to install sqlite3 (and probably pysqlite3 (not sure of the name
> > (whether it has a trailing 3) which, if I remember, is the Python
> > binding/wrapper for sqlite3 (which is a C library, I think). Other
> > possible cause of the error (if sqlite3 _is_ bundled with Python and
> > no Python binding/wrapper is needed, is that sqlite3 depends on one of
> > those other libraries you mention (such as _hashlib) for which you got
> > errors while installing Python from source.
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> > HTH
> >VasudevRam
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> Vasudev,
>   Thanks so much for the reply. I went to their website and your guess
> was correct. Python 2.5 has included support for sqlite but it only
> includes the PySqlite interface module (now called sqlite3). It does
> not include sqlite3 with the source distribution.
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> Simon

You're welcome, Simon. Good to hear that it worked :-)

Vasudev