This package contains: * the SQLite library amalgamation (single file) source code distribution, * the shell.c file used to build the sqlite3 shell too, and * the sqlite3.h and sqlite3ext.h header files required to link programs and sqlite extensions against the installed libary. * autoconf/automake installation infrastucture. The generic installation instructions for autoconf/automake are found in the INSTALL file. The following SQLite specific boolean options are supported: --enable-readline use readline in shell tool [default=yes] --enable-threadsafe build a thread-safe library [default=yes] --enable-dynamic-extensions support loadable extensions [default=yes] The default value for the CFLAGS variable (options passed to the C compiler) includes debugging symbols in the build, resulting in larger binaries than are necessary. Override it on the configure command line like this: $ CFLAGS="-Os" ./configure to produce a smaller installation footprint. Other SQLite compilation parameters can also be set using CFLAGS. For example: $ CFLAGS="-Os -DSQLITE_OMIT_TRIGGERS" ./configure