[GH-ISSUE #416] django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: SQLite 3.8.3 or later is required #277

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opened 2026-03-01 14:42:04 +03:00 by kerem · 1 comment

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Originally created by @Jwink3101 on GitHub (Jul 31, 2020).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/issues/416

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N/A -- though I may add it

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This, like some of the issues I brought up in $413 are on the line of what is archivebox's responsibility and what is the user. I think it is a hard line to find but at the same time, you will alienate users who are unwilling or unable to dig too deep. Also, this is arguably a Django problem and/or arguably a Python problem with bad dependancy tracking

This issue may be related to the fact that I do not administer my server. It is hosted on webfaction which gives me non-root shell access and I set up my app to run a specific port.

The main issue is that Django requires sqlite3 that is newer than some otherwise normal python installs.

My config is roughly:

create a virtual env pointing to the system python3.7
python -m pip install youtube-dl
python -m pip install archivebox

Then I got all kinds of sqlite errors! I followed the instructions on https://stackoverflow.com/a/57149324 with some modifications to use my own paths. I had to compile sqlite3 (without root) and set the paths (see #415 for this in action)

Thoughts?

I can add this to the wiki or you can but do you want to? If nothing else, you can close this issue and point people to it should they have a problem

Originally created by @Jwink3101 on GitHub (Jul 31, 2020). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/issues/416 ## Wiki Page URL N/A -- though I may add it ## Suggested Edit This, like some of the issues I brought up in $413 are on the line of what is archivebox's responsibility and what is the user. I think it is a hard line to find but at the same time, you will alienate users who are unwilling or unable to dig too deep. Also, this is arguably a Django problem and/or arguably a Python problem with bad dependancy tracking This issue may be related to the fact that I do not administer my server. It is hosted on webfaction which gives me non-root shell access and I set up my app to run a specific port. The main issue is that Django requires sqlite3 that is newer than some otherwise normal python installs. My config is roughly: * create a virtual env pointing to the system python3.7 * `python -m pip install youtube-dl` * `python -m pip install archivebox` Then I got all kinds of sqlite errors! I followed the instructions on https://stackoverflow.com/a/57149324 with some modifications to use my own paths. I had to compile sqlite3 (without root) and set the paths (see #415 for this in action) ### Thoughts? I can add this to the wiki or you can but do you want to? If nothing else, you can close this issue and point people to it should they have a problem

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kerem commented

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@pirate commented on GitHub (Aug 1, 2020):

I think my recommendation in this case is to just use Docker (or fix the SQLite setup on the host), given this isn't an ArchiveBox-specific bug and the user will likely encounter it with any recent Django/python project trying to use Sqlite3.

@pirate commented on GitHub (Aug 1, 2020): I think my recommendation in this case is to just use Docker (or fix the SQLite setup on the host), given this isn't an ArchiveBox-specific bug and the user will likely encounter it with any recent Django/python project trying to use Sqlite3.

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