How use SQLite as application configuration

I am planning to use a SQLite database in my application to store application data. The application is large and complex so we are taking a phased delivery approach. This will mean that the structure of the database will change over time and that we need to provide backwards compatibility. So, what I need is some way to create a versioning system and a way of converting old format databases to the current format. I would be grateful if anyone could suggest a good approach to this

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