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Asked: 2026-06-17T23:32:35+00:00

There is a sqlite3 library that comes with python 2.7.3, but it is hardly

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There is a sqlite3 library that comes with python 2.7.3, but it is hardly the latest version.

I would like to upgrade it within a virtualenv environment. In other words, the upgrade only applies to the version of python installed within this virtualenv.

What is the correct way to do so?

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  1. Editorial Team

    The below works for me, but please comment if there is any room for improvement:

    1. Activate the virtualenv to which you are going to install the latest sqlite3

    2. Get the latest source of pysqlite package from google code: wget http://pysqlite.googlecode.com/files/pysqlite-2.6.3.tar.gz

    3. Compile pysqlite from source and together with the latest sqlite database: python setup.py build_static

    4. Install it to the site-packages directory of the virtualenv: python setup.py install

    5. The above will actually install the pysqlite into path-to-virtualenv/lib/python2.7/site-packages, which is where all other pip-installed libraries are.

    Now, I have the latest version of sqlite (compiled into pysqlite) installed within a virtualenv, so I can do: from pysqlite2 import dbapi2 as sqlite

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