Question

When compiling php-7.4.6 on Linux, run the command ./configure --prefix=/develop/, but the following error occurs.

checking for sqlite3 > 3.7.4... no
configure: error: Package requirements (sqlite3 > 3.7.4) were not met:

Package 'sqlite3', required by 'virtual:world', not found

Consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if you
installed software in a non-standard prefix.

Alternatively, you may set the environment variables SQLITE_CFLAGS
and SQLITE_LIBS to avoid the need to call pkg-config.
See the pkg-config man page for more details.

Solution

It requires sqlite-devel package, which can be installed manually or using the command line.

1. Install manually

On the web page https://pkgs.org/search/?q=sqlite-devel, find the sqlite-devel version that matches your operating system, and download and install it.

2. Install using command line

Ubuntu / Debian:

sudo apt-get install libsqlite3-dev

RHEL / CentOS:

sudo yum install sqlite-devel