[Django]Solve "No module named _sqlite3" when deploying django in CentOS

Symptom

When using python manage.py runserver in terminal or entering import sqlite3 in the interpreter shell, the following exception is thrown:
django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: Error loading either pysqlite2 or sqlite3 modules (tried in that order): No module named _sqlite3

Environment

• CentOS 7
• Python 2.7.10
• Django 1.8.2

HOWTO fix it:

1. yum install sqlite-devel
2. recompile python
   
   • ./configure –prefix=/usr/local (installing python2.7 without affecting the default one)
   • make
   • make altinstall

Reference:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21609627/what-should-i-modify-to-solve-the-no-module-named-sqlite3-error-message