Re: [pysqlite] Error during test period of installing pysqlite

Wei Wan wrote:
> Hi:
>    I installed pysqlite-2.5.5 from source, and the two periods,"build"
> and "install" are correct(I think it is), but when it came to "Test",
> there occured a mistake with output likes below:
> 
> [root@oneserver pysqlite-2.5.5]# python
> Python 2.5.4 (r254:67916, Jul 21 2009, 10:48:33)
> [GCC 4.1.2 20080704 (Red Hat 4.1.2-44)] on linux2
> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>>> from pysqlite2 import test
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
>   File "pysqlite2/test/__init__.py", line 35, in <module>
>     from pysqlite2.test import dbapi, types, userfunctions, factory,
> transactions,\
>   File "pysqlite2/test/dbapi.py", line 27, in <module>
>     import pysqlite2.dbapi2 as sqlite
>   File "pysqlite2/dbapi2.py", line 27, in <module>
>     from pysqlite2._sqlite import *
> ImportError: No module named _sqlite
> 
> [root@oneserver pysqlite-2.5.5]# [...]

Don't try to import pysqlite2 while being in the extracted directory. It
will then always fail. Either install it and then import it from
anywhere else or chdir to build/lib... if you haven't installed it, yet.

> [...]
> And i also tried to build with "build_static" instead, but it didn't
> work, Any suggestions? Thank you!

I assume that the same thing happened because of the same reasons.

-- Gerhard