On May 29, 11:40 pm, Simon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On May 29, 7:05 am, vasudevram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > On May 29, 5:52 pm, Simon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > 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. > > > > No errors regarding sqlite3. > > > However, when I start python and do an import sqlite3 I get: > > > > /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 > > > > 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 > > > Some ideas: > > > 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. > > > HTH > >VasudevRam > > Dancing Bison Enterpriseswww.dancingbison.com-Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - > > 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. > > Simon
You're welcome, Simon. Good to hear that it worked :-) Vasudev -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list