# Sqlite3 module not found

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sqlite3-module-not-found/188636>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [May 15, 2010, 3:37am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sqlite3-module-not-found/188636 "2010-05-15T03:37:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![valke](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/5daacb/32.png) [@valke](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/valke)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2010, 3:37am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sqlite3-module-not-found/188636/1 "2010-05-15T03:37:02Z")

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Hi, I’m trying to follow the Rails tutorial found here,  
[Getting Started with Rails — Ruby on Rails Guides](http://guides.rubyonrails.org/getting_started.html) and when I go to run  
$ rake db:create I get this wonderful error of sqlite3.dll missing.

So, I just went to my ruby directory, and ran $ gem install sqlite3-ruby  
sqlite3  
I’m not entirely sure what to do. Any ideas?

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**Author:** ![valke](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/5daacb/32.png) [@valke](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/valke)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2010, 4:05am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sqlite3-module-not-found/188636/2 "2010-05-15T04:05:28Z")

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Andi,

Download this file and extract it’s contents to your Ruby’s bin  
directory.  
[http://www.sqlite.org/sqlitedll-3\_6\_23\_1.zip](http://www.sqlite.org/sqlitedll-3_6_23_1.zip)

Cheers!

JP

2010/5/14 Andi L. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)

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**Author:** ![valke](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/5daacb/32.png) [@valke](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/valke)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2010, 4:08am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sqlite3-module-not-found/188636/3 "2010-05-15T04:08:59Z")

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Thanks Juan 🙂

Worked like a charm.