Issue

I've cloned a django project to a Centos 7 vps and I'm trying to run it now, but I get this error when trying to migrate:

$ python manage.py migrate
django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: SQLite 3.8.3 or later is required (found 3.7.17).

When I checked the version for sqlite, it was 3.7.17, so I downloaded the newest version from sqlite website and replaced it with the old one, and now when I version it, it gives:

$ sqlite3 --version
3.27.2 2019-02-25 16:06:06 bd49a8271d650fa89e446b42e513b595a717b9212c91dd384aab871fc1d0f6d7

Still when I try to migrate the project, I get the exact same message as before which means the newer version is not found. I'm new to linux and would appreciate any help.

Solution

To check which version of SQLite Python is using:

$ python
Python 3.7.3 (default, Apr 12 2019, 16:23:13) 
>>> import sqlite3
>>> sqlite3.sqlite_version
'3.27.2'

For me the new version of sqlite3 is in /usr/local/bin so I had to recompile Python, telling it to look there:

sudo LD_RUN_PATH=/usr/local/lib ./configure --enable-optimizations
sudo LD_RUN_PATH=/usr/local/lib make altinstall

Answered By - Mark Bailey

Answer Checked By - Marilyn (WPSolving Volunteer)

Friday, April 8, 2022

[SOLVED] django can't find new sqlite version? (SQLite 3.8.3 or later is required (found 3.7.17))

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