Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 7.8

Chapter 22. Databases

SQLite-3.8.11.1

Introduction to SQLite

The SQLite package is a software library that implements a self-contained, serverless, zero-configuration, transactional SQL database engine.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-7.8 platform.

Package Information

Additional Downloads

Optional Documentation

SQLite Dependencies

Optional

UnZip-6.0 (required to unzip the documentation)

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/sqlite

Installation of SQLite

If you downloaded the optional documentation, issue the following command to install the documentation into the source tree: 

unzip -q ../sqlite-doc-3081101.zip

Install SQLite by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-static        \
            CFLAGS="-g -O2 -DSQLITE_ENABLE_FTS3=1 \
            -DSQLITE_ENABLE_COLUMN_METADATA=1     \
            -DSQLITE_ENABLE_UNLOCK_NOTIFY=1       \
            -DSQLITE_SECURE_DELETE=1              \
            -DSQLITE_ENABLE_DBSTAT_VTAB=1" &&
make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

If you downloaded the optional documentation, issue the following commands as the root user to install it: 

install -v -m755 -d /usr/share/doc/sqlite-3.8.11.1 &&
cp -v -R sqlite-doc-3081101/* /usr/share/doc/sqlite-3.8.11.1

Command Explanations

--disable-static: This switch prevents installation of static versions of the libraries.

CFLAGS="-g -O2 -DSQLITE_ENABLE_FTS3=1 -DSQLITE_ENABLE_COLUMN_METADATA=1 -DSQLITE_SECURE_DELETE -DSQLITE_ENABLE_UNLOCK_NOTIFY=1 -DSQLITE_ENABLE_DBSTAT_VTAB=1": Applications such as Firefox require secure delete and enable unlock notify to be turned on. Since firefox-41 the dbstat virtual table is also required. The only way to do this is to include them in the CFLAGS. By default, these are set to "-g -O2" so we specify that to preserve those settings. You may, of course, wish to omit the '-g' if you do not wish to create debugging information. For further information on what can be specified see http://www.sqlite.org/compile.html.

Contents

Installed Program: sqlite3
Installed Library: libsqlite3.so
Installed Directory: /usr/share/doc/sqlite-3.8.11.1

Short Descriptions

sqlite3

A terminal-based front-end to the SQLite library that can evaluate queries interactively and display the results.

libsqlite3.so

contains the SQLite API functions.

Last updated on 2015-09-24 13:34:11 -0700