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| author | Ramiro Morales <cramm0@gmail.com> | 2013-12-08 11:14:18 -0300 |
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| committer | Ramiro Morales <cramm0@gmail.com> | 2013-12-08 11:14:18 -0300 |
| commit | f876552f4bd3f4b87441856b6e93d97938c45d39 (patch) | |
| tree | 74e41f469060126beddd66d93b0145cf8aef4693 /docs/ref | |
| parent | 3f900a1e2c1d9cbf0a7275a13fc542f7df2b845a (diff) | |
(Re-)added GeoDjango instructions for building pysqlite2 correctly.
This is a partial undo of 1b142ef5dd.
Diffstat (limited to 'docs/ref')
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/ref/contrib/gis/install/index.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/ref/contrib/gis/install/spatialite.txt | 54 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/ref/databases.txt | 5 |
3 files changed, 57 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/docs/ref/contrib/gis/install/index.txt b/docs/ref/contrib/gis/install/index.txt index 3cf8a29822..9c46b19493 100644 --- a/docs/ref/contrib/gis/install/index.txt +++ b/docs/ref/contrib/gis/install/index.txt @@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ William Kyngesburye provides a number of `geospatial library binary packages`__ that make it simple to get GeoDjango installed on OS X without compiling them from source. However, the `Apple Developer Tools`_ are still necessary for compiling the Python database adapters :ref:`psycopg2_kyngchaos` (for PostGIS) -and ``pysqlite2`` (for SpatiaLite). +and :ref:`pysqlite2` (for SpatiaLite). .. note:: diff --git a/docs/ref/contrib/gis/install/spatialite.txt b/docs/ref/contrib/gis/install/spatialite.txt index ab40600205..b625942fa6 100644 --- a/docs/ref/contrib/gis/install/spatialite.txt +++ b/docs/ref/contrib/gis/install/spatialite.txt @@ -107,6 +107,60 @@ Finally, do the same for the SpatiaLite tools:: __ http://www.gaia-gis.it/gaia-sins/libspatialite-sources/ +.. _pysqlite2: + +pysqlite2 +^^^^^^^^^ + +If you've decided to use a :ref:`newer version of pysqlite2 +<using-newer-versions-of-pysqlite>` instead of the ``sqlite3`` Python stdlib +module, then you need to make sure it can load external extensions (i.e. the +required ``enable_load_extension`` method is available so ``SpatiaLite`` can be +loaded). + +This might involve building it yourself. For this, download pysqlite2 2.6, and +untar:: + + $ wget https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/pysqlite/pysqlite-2.6.3.tar.gz + $ tar xzf pysqlite-2.6.3.tar.gz + $ cd pysqlite-2.6.3 + +Next, use a text editor (e.g., ``emacs`` or ``vi``) to edit the ``setup.cfg`` file +to look like the following: + +.. code-block:: ini + + [build_ext] + #define= + include_dirs=/usr/local/include + library_dirs=/usr/local/lib + libraries=sqlite3 + #define=SQLITE_OMIT_LOAD_EXTENSION + +or if you are on Mac OS X: + +.. code-block:: ini + + [build_ext] + #define= + include_dirs=/Library/Frameworks/SQLite3.framework/unix/include + library_dirs=/Library/Frameworks/SQLite3.framework/unix/lib + libraries=sqlite3 + #define=SQLITE_OMIT_LOAD_EXTENSION + +.. note:: + + The important thing here is to make sure you comment out the + ``define=SQLITE_OMIT_LOAD_EXTENSION`` flag and that the ``include_dirs`` + and ``library_dirs`` settings are uncommented and set to the appropriate + path if the SQLite header files and libraries are not in ``/usr/include`` + and ``/usr/lib``, respectively. + +After modifying ``setup.cfg`` appropriately, then run the ``setup.py`` script +to build and install:: + + $ sudo python setup.py install + .. _spatialite_macosx: Mac OS X-specific instructions diff --git a/docs/ref/databases.txt b/docs/ref/databases.txt index 2b13af8ca2..0ff1861b2a 100644 --- a/docs/ref/databases.txt +++ b/docs/ref/databases.txt @@ -604,9 +604,8 @@ version of SQLite. Using newer versions of the SQLite DB-API 2.0 driver ---------------------------------------------------- -For versions of Python 2.5 or newer that include ``sqlite3`` in the standard -library Django will now use a ``pysqlite2`` interface in preference to -``sqlite3`` if it finds one is available. +Django will use a ``pysqlite2`` module in preference to ``sqlite3`` as shipped +with the Python standard library if it finds one is available. This provides the ability to upgrade both the DB-API 2.0 interface or SQLite 3 itself to versions newer than the ones included with your particular Python |
