From da9d6a91a3a6320219ecf7c650b30ea43c4612ff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "CanbiZ (MickLesk)" <47820557+MickLesk@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2026 16:20:37 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Use pysqlite3-binary on Debian 13+ in install script

Updated the installation script to install the pre-built pysqlite3-binary package on Debian 13 (Python 3.12+) instead of building pysqlite3 from source. This improves compatibility and reduces build time for newer Debian versions.
---
 install/frigate-install.sh | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/install/frigate-install.sh b/install/frigate-install.sh
index 727e67148..33fd5c175 100644
--- a/install/frigate-install.sh
+++ b/install/frigate-install.sh
@@ -165,9 +165,14 @@ $STD pip3 install -r /opt/frigate/docker/main/requirements.txt
 msg_ok "Installed Python Dependencies"
 
 msg_info "Building Python Wheels (Patience)"
-sed -i 's|^SQLITE3_VERSION=.*|SQLITE3_VERSION="version-3.46.0"|g' /opt/frigate/docker/main/build_pysqlite3.sh
-$STD bash /opt/frigate/docker/main/build_pysqlite3.sh
 mkdir -p /wheels
+if [[ "$VERSION_ID" == "13" ]]; then
+  # Debian 13 (Python 3.12+): Use pre-built pysqlite3-binary instead of building from source
+  $STD pip3 install pysqlite3-binary
+else
+  sed -i 's|^SQLITE3_VERSION=.*|SQLITE3_VERSION="version-3.46.0"|g' /opt/frigate/docker/main/build_pysqlite3.sh
+  $STD bash /opt/frigate/docker/main/build_pysqlite3.sh
+fi
 for i in {1..3}; do
   $STD pip3 wheel --wheel-dir=/wheels -r /opt/frigate/docker/main/requirements-wheels.txt --default-timeout=300 --retries=3 && break
   [[ $i -lt 3 ]] && sleep 10