Question

I’m a complete beginner with Code::Blocks and SQLite, and have some basic knowledge with C++. I’m currently using Ubuntu 11.04.

I have downloaded SQLite Amalgamation here. When I extracted the zip file, there are four files inside: shell.c, sqlite3.c, sqlite3.h, and sqlite3ext.h. If I simply add those files to a (for example) a console project, it gives out an error: the .c’s of the downloaded sqlite each have their own main function. Removing those from the project, the errors are gone and I can call #include "sqlite3.h". I am trying to follow this, and tried the first two lines of code from here and it gives out an error: undefined reference to sqlite3_open.

I think adding those .h’s directly to a console project isn’t the right way to use it, though I’m not sure.

How exactly should I use those? What should I do to use those for my C++ program?

Any help is greatly appreciated. 🙂

EDIT: I also tried to create a .a file of those sqlite files by following this. When I try it, it gives out an error: cannot find -lsqlite.

Answer 1

You will need to compile the sqlite code first, and then just #include "sqlite3.h" into your project where you need it.

UPD:
Try this:

Download this package from sqlite site and extract it somewhere, say, into a folder called “sqlite”. Open terminal, and go into this folder. Inside of it, run

./configure
sudo make 
sudo make install

and see what happens. It should build itself automatically. Consult the README file that is inside the archive too.