Multiple sqlite installs on same server

Question

I've got a server at work on which I am basically building an apache/mysql/subversion/php/python development base. I've found that the RPM repos the server is pointed at only have version 3.3.6-5 of sqlite, which subversion 1.6.17 chokes on, requiring at least version 3.4:

An appropriate version of sqlite could not be found.  We recommmend 3.6.13,
but require at least 3.4.0. Please either install a newer sqlite on this
system or get the sqlite 3.6.13 amalgamation from:
http://www.sqlite.org/sqlite-amalgamation-3.6.13.tar.gz
unpack the archive using tar/gunzip and copy sqlite3.c from the
resulting directory to:
/root/installs/subversion-1.6.17/sqlite-amalgamation/sqlite3.c
This file also ships as part of the subversion-deps distribution.

I managed to download and build sqlite (sqlite-autoconf-3070701.tar.gz), but now when I run sqlite3, I'm getting the error:

sqlite3: symbol lookup error: sqlite3: undefined symbol: sqlite3_sourceid

I'm sure this is because the PATH variable has the so files for both the rpm installation of sqlite (/usr), and the compiled version I installed (/usr/local). I can't yum remove the exiting sqlite because it is tied to the installation of rpm, so what I would like to do is add whatever I need to my profile or bashrc or whatever other black magic is needed to allow some users to run the updated sqlite install, while others just default to the original install.

Other info:

# cat /etc/*-release
Enterprise Linux Enterprise Linux Server release 5.6 (Carthage)
Oracle Linux Server release 5.6
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.1 (Tikanga)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.6 (Tikanga)
# uname -m
x86_64

Can anyone tell me what I can do to get the two copies of sqlite to play together nicely?

Answer 1

Have you tried what the error message from subversion proposes?

...get the sqlite 3.6.13 amalgamation from: http://www.sqlite.org/sqlite-amalgamation-3.6.13.tar.gz unpack the archive using tar/gunzip and copy sqlite3.c from the resulting directory to: /root/installs/subversion-1.6.17/sqlite-amalgamation/sqlite3.c