Hy, I just "discovered" that there is no easy way to install php sqlite<3 [1] support on an ubuntu server - and I think this is a loss. In older distributions there is php5-sqlite and php5-sqlite3 of which the former supported sqlite databases prior to version 3 and the letter sqlite databases of version 3. In 12.04 (I don't know since which version that changed and I assume that all following versions are changed as well) php5-sqlite3 was renamed php5-sqlite which is quite confusing because the "original" php5-sqlite is hence replaced with a package providing something quite different [1]. On the other hand php5-cli/-cgi does not contain sqlite<3 support. So right now the only difference to have access to sqlite<3 databases in php using the current ubuntu version is to download the php-sources and install the module form them - the pecl package is - first - not supported any more and - secondly - does just not compile.
Saying this, I personally found my way around but am not so happy with having to find that out the hard way. So I would either request to include sqlite extension into php5-core packages or at least providing some kind of php5-sqlite<3 package (I definitely oppose to re-rename php5-sqlite to php5-sqlite3 and let the old php5-sqlite resurrect). So, thank you for your work, 'd be happy to hear from you Peter Hoffmann PS: Everything I say refers to the pure sqlite database support, I do not refer to the pdo-sqlite support which at first glance seems to still support sqlite<3 [1] I will use the notation sqlite<3 as the short form for sqlite prior to version 3 e.g. sqlite2 [2] one could discuss if sqlite3 is "quite different" to sqlite<3 but for this case I make this claim. -- ubuntu-server mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam
