# Do\_sqlite3 - how to acquire & install latest version? **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [January 13, 2009, 7:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/do-sqlite3-how-to-acquire-install-latest-version/157620 "2009-01-13T19:36:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![technology](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/48db29/32.png) [@technology](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/technology)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 7:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/do-sqlite3-how-to-acquire-install-latest-version/157620/1 "2009-01-13T19:36:11Z")
Apparently the reason I can’t use sqlite3 with Mac OS X is a bad version of do\_sqlite3. Could someone please spell out exactly what a newbie needs to do to grab & reinstall the latest version? Thanks, jim ---
**Author:** ![technology](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/48db29/32.png) [@technology](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/technology)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 10:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/do-sqlite3-how-to-acquire-install-latest-version/157620/2 "2009-01-14T22:38:37Z")
Perfect! Thanks very much. Jim ---
**Author:** ![technology](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/48db29/32.png) [@technology](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/technology)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 4:48am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/do-sqlite3-how-to-acquire-install-latest-version/157620/3 "2009-01-14T04:48:15Z")
Download the source from rubyforge: [http://rubyforge.org/projects/sqlite-ruby](http://rubyforge.org/projects/sqlite-ruby) Extract it and then cd into the extracted directory and run: ruby setup.rb Hope this helps. Sheldon ---
**Author:** ![technology](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/48db29/32.png) [@technology](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/technology)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 11:11pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/do-sqlite3-how-to-acquire-install-latest-version/157620/4 "2009-01-14T23:11:01Z")
I replied too soon, I still get the same error: MissingSourceFile in HomeController#index no such file to load – sqlite3 ---
**Author:** ![technology](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/48db29/32.png) [@technology](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/technology)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 10:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/do-sqlite3-how-to-acquire-install-latest-version/157620/5 "2009-01-14T22:41:32Z")
Glad it worked. I was stuck in the same predicament a few weeks back and after going around in circles hit upon the solution. Sheldon ---
**Author:** ![technology](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/48db29/32.png) [@technology](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/technology)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 5:11pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/do-sqlite3-how-to-acquire-install-latest-version/157620/6 "2009-01-15T17:11:54Z")
Yes, and I reinstalled it as you suggested, but still no luck ☹ Maybe I’ll just switch to mysql for the time being… bash-3.2$ sudo gem install sqlite3-ruby Password: Building native extensions. This could take a while… Successfully installed sqlite3-ruby-1.2.4 1 gem installed Installing ri documentation for sqlite3-ruby-1.2.4… Installing RDoc documentation for sqlite3-ruby-1.2.4… bash-3.2$ ---
**Author:** ![technology](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/48db29/32.png) [@technology](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/technology)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 6:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/do-sqlite3-how-to-acquire-install-latest-version/157620/7 "2009-01-15T18:00:46Z")
Looks like the problem has gone away. I restarted the web server and it seems to now work fine. Go figure… Thanks very much for your help. ---
**Author:** ![technology](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/48db29/32.png) [@technology](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/technology)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 12:48am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/do-sqlite3-how-to-acquire-install-latest-version/157620/8 "2009-01-15T00:48:23Z")
Hmmm. Weird. Do you have the sqlite3 gem installed? sudo gem install sqlite3-ruby Sheldon F. [http://twitter.com/sheldonfinlay](http://twitter.com/sheldonfinlay)