Sqlite using command line

Question

Sqlite is kinda frustrating. Each time I run a command, I\'m not able to use the up down left right arrows to retrieve my previously typed commands. Is there any way to enab

Answer 1

I'm using Linux Mint and had the same sqlite3 issue, but solved it partly with the answers here. I was initially using the sqlite3 found in anaconda, which didn't have readline support.

After I renamed the sqlite3 file in anaconda, reinstalling using the autoconf as mentioned above still didn't fix the issue. The ldd command didn't show a link to readline.so:

$ ldd $(which sqlite3)

linux-vdso.so.1 =>  (0x00007ffebb3a4000)
libdl.so.2 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdl.so.2 (0x00007f8aceb9e000)
libpthread.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0 (0x00007f8ace980000)
libc.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (0x00007f8ace5bb000)
/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007f8aceda2000)

Then,

$ sudo dpkg -r sqlite3

followed by a reinstall did the trick.