How to override an old sqlite3 module with pysqlite3 in django settings.py

settings.py

# ⚠️ USE AT YOUR OWN RISK
# first: pip install pysqlite3-binary
# then in settings.py:

# these three lines swap the stdlib sqlite3 lib with the pysqlite3 package
__import__('pysqlite3')
import sys
sys.modules['sqlite3'] = sys.modules.pop('pysqlite3')

DATABASES = {
    'default': {
        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
        'NAME': os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'db.sqlite3'),
    }
}

Hey, so I was able to bypass this issue by just adding pysqlite3-binary to requirements.txt

Did not have to add any versioning, or other code.

Hey, were you deploy on the cloud, I wanted to deploy on streamlit, but error persist even after adding it to the requirement file

same problem here in streamlit community cloud

raise RuntimeError(
RuntimeError: Your system has an unsupported version of sqlite3. Chroma requires sqlite3 >= 3.35.0.

how to solve this issue?

It seems like they know the issue. It just matters on them upgrading the Debian OS from bullseye to bookworm https://discuss.streamlit.io/t/debian-11-eol/80690/7

This seemed to work for me:

1. Download the Latest SQLite Source:
   wget https://www.sqlite.org/2023/sqlite-autoconf-3430100.tar.gz

2. Extract the Downloaded File:
   tar -xvf sqlite-autoconf-3430100.tar.gz
   cd sqlite-autoconf-3430100

3. Build and Install SQLite:
   ./configure
   make
   sudo make install

4. Verify the Installation:
   After installation, confirm that the new version is available:
   sqlite3 --version

5. Verify in Python:
   Ensure that Python picks up the updated SQLite version:

python -c "import sqlite3; print(sqlite3.sqlite_version)"

thanks, worked for me.

import('pysqlite3')
import sys
sys.modules['sqlite3'] = sys.modules.pop('pysqlite3')

Worked perfectly for me too.

This gives the error
NameError: name 'sqlite3' is not defined

import('pysqlite3')
import sys
sys.modules['sqlite3'] = sys.modules.pop('pysqlite3')

Hi, I tried the solutions above, I have pysqlite3-binary in requirements.txt. I have added the following to the streamlit_app.py code. I am on Python version 3.10.15. I have sqlite 3.43.2 available on my mac.

__import__('pysqlite3') import sys sys.modules['sqlite3'] = sys.modules.pop('pysqlite3')

But the following gives me the error of "No module named 'pysqlite3'"

Running pip install pysqlite3 is unsuccessful, giving the error "ERROR: Failed to build installable wheels for some pyproject.toml based projects (pysqlite3)"

Can someone help. I face the issue when trying to deploy the app on streamlit. It worked perfectly for me on the local.

thanks for the solution

This was helpful, worked for me as well !
I was getting following error while trying to run chromadb example code using my python3.10.8 venv3.10: File "~/venv3.10/lib/python3.10/site-packages/chromadb/__init__.py", line 36, in <module> raise RuntimeError( RuntimeError: Your system has an unsupported version of sqlite3. Chroma requires sqlite3 >= 3.35.0.
I executed following steps to resolve this error:

1. Inside my python3.10.8's virtual environment i.e. venv3.10, installed pysqlite3-binary using command: pip install pysqlite3-binary
2. Added these 3 lines in venv3.10/lib/python3.10/site-packages/chromadb/__init__.py at the beginning:

__import__('pysqlite3')
import sys
sys.modules['sqlite3'] = sys.modules.pop('pysqlite3')

worked like magic! Thank you!