Question

I suppose using phobos.etc.c.sqlite3 binding. Compiling sqlite3.c using a C compiler to make a .o file and then link it with my program.

Which C compiler should I use, and what compiler flags?
Is it possible link the sqlite3.o with DMD in one step, without calling linker separately?

Or is there some other even easier way?

Answer: How to get Sqlite going with D on 64bit Ubuntu

1. install sqlite dev sudo apt-get install libsqlite3-dev

2. compile dmd test.d -L-ldl -L/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libsqlite3.a

test.d

import std.stdio, std.string, etc.c.sqlite3;

void main () {
    sqlite3* db;
    auto ret = sqlite3_open (toStringz("mydb.s3db"), &db);
    writeln (ret);
}

-ldl switch was needed because of sqlite3 linking problems

Answer 1

You can use the binding with an available sqlite library (of an appropriate version, certainly), without having to manually compile it to an object file. Just like what you would have done in C: you’d #include <headers> and add -llibrary to compiler flags. The same here — import, and a link directive.

EDIT:

On Ubuntu you can install precompiled sqlite using the following command:

sudo apt-get install libsqlite3-dev

Also, see http://prowiki.org/wiki4d/wiki.cgi?DatabaseBindings#SQLite for some other sqlite binding variants.