SQLite Browser without SQLCipher support in Ubuntu

Question

SQLite Browser package for ubuntu does not come with SQLCipher by default.

sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:linuxgndu/sqlitebrowser
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install sqlitebrowser

The Question

How could it be enabled in order to be able to view encrypted databases?

What Versions

• Ubuntu 17.10
• SQLite Browser 3.10.99
• Qt 5.9.1
• SQLite 3.19.3

Answer 1

Update

https://github.com/sqlitebrowser/sqlitebrowser/blob/master/BUILDING.md#ubuntu--debian-linux

$ sudo apt install build-essential git cmake libsqlite3-dev qtchooser qt5-qmake qtbase5-dev-tools\
    qttools5-dev-tools libsqlcipher-dev qtbase5-dev libqt5scintilla2-dev libqcustomplot-dev\
    qttools5-dev
$ git clone https://github.com/sqlitebrowser/sqlitebrowser
$ cd sqlitebrowser
$ mkdir build
$ cd build
$ cmake -Dsqlcipher=1 -Wno-dev ..
$ make
$ sudo make install

---

Legacy

The solution is to build SQLite Browser with libsqlcipher-dev package.

Here the steps required:

1. First install the libsqlcipher-dev package.

sudo apt-get install libsqlcipher-dev

2. Then install requisites for building SQLite Browser.

sudo apt install build-essential git cmake libsqlite3-dev \
                   qt5-default qttools5-dev qttools5-dev-tools

3. Clone repository.

git clone https://github.com/sqlitebrowser/sqlitebrowser

4. Build steps:

cd sqlitebrowser
mkdir build
cd build
cmake -Dsqlcipher=1 -Wno-dev ..
make
sudo make install

This should complete without errors, giving you a binary file called sqlitebrowser which has now SQLCipher support.