Problem
You want to get up and running with sqlite
Solution
Install sqlite3 on linux, via yum: yum install sqlite3
Then just run sqlite dbname
Example
% sqlite3 testdata.db
SQLite version 3.5.9
Enter ".help" for instructions
sqlite> create table memos(text,priority INTEGER);
sqlite> insert into memos values('deliver project description',10);
sqlite> insert into memos values('lunch with Christine',100);
sqlite> select * from memos;
deliver project description|10
lunch with Christine|100
sqlite>
