django can't find new sqlite version? (SQLite 3.8.3 or later is required (found 3.7.17))

Greetings!

I’m not that much of an expert on using sqlite in Python, but I at least have an idea. Try adding this at the top of manage.py:

import sqlite3

If that still doesn’t have the latest version, the application you’re running may be built for a newer version of Python.

Jarland

I had the same issue but didnt want to deviate from installing standard packages so I downgraded the Django version to 2.1

pip3 install --upgrade Django==2.1

…which seems to have worked.

Confirm the Location of the Old SQLite: First, check where the older version of SQLite is located:

which sqlite3

• If this points to /usr/bin/sqlite3, it’s likely that this is the system-wide version that Python is still using.

• Verify Python’s SQLite Bindings: Python has built-in bindings for SQLite (pysqlite), and these may still be linked to the old version. Check which SQLite version your Python environment is using:

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

• If it returns 3.7.17, that’s confirmation that Python is still using the older version.

• Recompile Python with the New SQLite: To force Python to use the newer version of SQLite, you may need to recompile Python so that it links against the correct version of SQLite.

  Steps:

  a. Install necessary build dependencies:

sudo yum groupinstall "Development Tools"
sudo yum install zlib-devel bzip2-devel openssl-devel ncurses-devel sqlite-devel