title: Why my python does not see pysqlite?
body: <p>I would like to have an interface between Python and sqlite. Both are installed on the machine. I had an old version of Python (2.4.3). So, pysqlite was not included by default. First, I tried to solve this problem by installing pysqlite but I did not succeed in this direction. My second attempt to solve the problem was to install a new version of Python. I do not have the root permissions on the machine. So, I installed it locally. The new version of Python is (2.6.2). As far as I know this version should contain pysqlite by default (and now it is called "sqlite3", not "pysqlite2", as before).</p>
  
  <p>However, if I type:</p>
  
  <pre><code>from sqlite3 import *
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I get:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Traceback (most recent call last):  
    File "&lt;stdin&gt;", line 1, in &lt;module&gt;  
    File "/home/verrtex/opt/lib/python2.6/sqlite3/__init__.py", line 24, in &lt;module&gt;
      from dbapi2 import *
    File "/home/verrtex/opt/lib/python2.6/sqlite3/dbapi2.py", line 27, in &lt;module&gt;
      from _sqlite3 import *
  ImportError: No module named _sqlite3
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>It has to be noted, that the above error message is different from those which I get if I type "from blablabla import *":</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Traceback (most recent call last):<br>
    File "", line 1, in 
    ImportError: No module named blablabla</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>So, python see something related with pysqlite but still has some problems. Can anybody help me, pleas, with that issue?</p>
  
  <p>P.S.
  I use CentOS release 5.3 (Final).</p>