On Tue, Mar 03, 2009 at 07:48:02AM -0800, Dan M. Wall scratched on the wall: > > I am an experienced Windows user and application developer. I am now > attempting to actually use a Mac!! God forbid!! > > I have an SQLite database and I'm trying to figure out how to install > SQLite so I can view it and update it. I downloaded the bin files > but I'm obviously missing something.
Mac OS X 10.5 already has SQLite 3.4.0 installed. That's not exactly new, but if all you need to do is open a vanilla file and poke around, you could do OK. I assume you've already found /Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app, and are working in the command line. You should be able to use the installed "/usr/bin/sqlite3" shell by just issuing the command: $ sqlite3 <database name> If you need to install a newer version, make sure you've got the full Development tools installed. You don't need the IDE for SQLite, but you need the compilers. If you download and unpack the amalgamation source, you can just issue the command: $ cc -o sqlite3 sqlite3.c shell.c And that will build the sqlite3 binary. And any defines (-D), like SQLITE_ENABLE_FTS, that you might require: $ cc -DSQLITE_ENABLE_FTS -DSQLITE_ENABLE_RTREE -o sqlite3 sqlite3.c shell.c > Please forgive my Mac OSX ignorance! Any help you can provide would be > greatly appreciated! Unless you're doing desktop stuff with XCode, developing for Mac OS X is really about developing for UNIX. OS X has a more BSD flavor than Linux, but knowledge is generally somewhat cross-compatible. -j -- Jay A. Kreibich < J A Y @ K R E I B I.C H > "Our opponent is an alien starship packed with atomic bombs. We have a protractor." "I'll go home and see if I can scrounge up a ruler and a piece of string." --from Anathem by Neal Stephenson _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list [email protected] http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users
