Django - No module named _sqlite3

You may also have compiled python by hand with no sqlite development library installed

So, do

sudo apt-get install libsqlite3-dev libsqlite3

Then, re-install python

test by entering

python
>>> import sqlite3

At the django.db.backends.sqlite3, it tries to

try:
    try:
        from pysqlite2 import dbapi2 as Database
    except ImportError:
        from sqlite3 import dbapi2 as Database
except ImportError as exc:
    from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
    raise ImproperlyConfigured("Error loading either pysqlite2 or sqlite3 modules (tried in that order): %s" % exc)

So one of the modules named sqlite3 or pysqlite2 is not installed. Try to install them

$ pip install sqlite3 # or pysqlite2

Update

sqlite3 and pysqlite2 are part of Python, therefore these two packages are not in PyPi anymore.

I got very similar error message when I tried to run the Django development server:

ImproperlyConfigured: Error loading either pysqlite2 or sqlite3 modules (tried in that order): dlopen(/Users/Rubinous/Projects/Jiiri2/jiiri_venv/lib/python2.7/lib-dynload/_sqlite3.so, 2): Library not loaded: /usr/local/opt/sqlite/lib/libsqlite3.0.8.6.dylib
Referenced from: /Users/Rubinous/Projects/Jiiri2/jiiri_venv/lib/python2.7/lib-dynload/_sqlite3.so
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I solved this by installing pysqlite Python module with pip install pysqlite.