SQLite installation

To install basic SQLite (if it is not already), simply type:

$ sudo dnf install sqlite

This package provides the basic library and the command-line client sqlite. In order to access SQLite databases from various programming languages (C, Tcl), the language bindings need to be installed separately:

$ sudo dnf install sqlite-devel sqlite-tcl

Graphical clients

The sqlite client shipped with the basic database engine is command line (CLI) based. If you prefer an application with graphical user interface (GUI), install the sqlitebrowser package:

$ sudo dnf install sqlitebrowser

Working with SQLite

SQLite stores it’s data in single database file. To open such file (which will be created if necessary), pass it’s name as CLI argument to sqlite3 executable:

$ sqlite3 hello-world.db

After executing this command, you will be greeted with a SQLite prompt and can now insert the SQL commands to execute.

If you prefer using GUI, the Sqlitebrowser application enables you to construct your SQL queries using visual tool.

If you are new to SQL databases and would like to learn more, you can visit a W3CSchools SQL tutorial, which should give you a nice head start.

Getting help with SQLite

As is the custom in Fedora, SQLite documentation is available in -doc sub-package:

$ sudo dnf install sqlite-doc

After the packages are installed, the actual documentation is located within /usr/share/doc/PACKAGE directory and is formatted in HTML. For example, to view documentation for SQLite itself, you can open this URL in your browser:

file:///usr/share/doc/sqlite-doc/index.html

If the documentation does not contain what you are looking for, you can visit the project homepage, or ask in the mailing lists.

Authors: Adam Samalik, Imran Ali, Jarek Prokop, Josef Stribny, ricky grassmuck