Trying to Install PDO_SQLITE on Ubuntu
- PDO_SQLITE supports SQLite 3.x databases. The other relevant APT package supported by default in Ubuntu,
php5_sqlite
, only supports the 2.8 format. - There is a package called
php5-pdo-sqlite
from dotdeb.org. However, installing this package implies the uninstall/upgrade of vast amounts of LAMP-related stuff! And, by the way, this is a quote from wiki.ubuntu.com, “MERGE ON PAIN OF DEATH.” dotdeb.org packages have been considered “highly experimental.” - No
php*pdo*
package was found by me even on the Unofficial APT repositories. - Downloaded PDO_SQLITE directly with
wget
http://pecl.php.net/get/PDO_SQLITE-1.0.1.tgz. - The documentation at
PDO_SQLITE-1.0.1/sqlite/README
‘suggests’ that need to install the following packages:make
,autoconf
andlibtool
—and of course a c compiler. - The make process did not produce anything recognizable to me. There were warning messages throughout and finally a “stop” message. All the above packages will be removed.
- This experience will be considered a tiny rite of passage.
Comments
AG, 2006-10-10 23:26:18
What error msgs are you getting? Quick Google search reveals this article
rasx(), 2006-10-11 17:39:00
AG:
Your help is quite welcome! You have caused me to understand that there is package manager for PHP itself. There is this phpize command... Other people are waiting for a Debian package for PDO_SQLITE. Any more help won't be turned away!