sqlite3 is it in the python default distro?

[Martin Marcher]

Hello,

I can see that sqlite is in the standard lib documentation:
http://docs.python.org/lib/module-sqlite3.html

however debian and ubuntu (and gentoo according to the packages info) seem
_not_ to include it.

Now 2 question arise:

a) Is sqlite included in the python default distribution
b) In real life can I consider (on linux) that an installation of python
includes the sqlite stuff?

thanks
martin

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[Diez B. Roggisch]

Hello,

I can see that sqlite is in the standard lib documentation:
http://docs.python.org/lib/module-sqlite3.html

however debian and ubuntu (and gentoo according to the packages info) seem
_not_ to include it.

Now 2 question arise:

a) Is sqlite included in the python default distribution

Yes, since 2.5

b) In real life can I consider (on linux) that an installation of python
includes the sqlite stuff?

distutils is an example of a standard-module that gets ripped out of
python by distros frequently, so that people need to install python-dev
or such a package.

So - yes, it happens that distros don't deliver the whole standard
distribution. Now I'm not sure if that happens for sqlite, but if your
own tests show so (reminder: python 2.5, accidentially using earlier
versions that are installed won't work of course), then the answer is -
no, you can't

Diez