Compile Python 3.4 with sqlite3

There is also the option of pre-linking your custom Python build with your own-built sqlite3. (I had the same issue: the custom python was using the system-provided sqlite3, completely ignoring the sqlite3 I built).

Prefix your configure and make commands with:

LD_RUN_PATH=$HOME/opt/lib configure LDFLAGS="-L$HOME/opt/lib" CPPFLAGS="-I$HOME/opt/include" …
LD_RUN_PATH=$HOME/opt/lib make

so that the built python3 by default is linked to your sqlite3. This worked for me.