install problems

[Dr. A. Haakh]

Robert Huff wrote:
> Jack L. writes
>>  > First, the requirement of 2gb of memory seems astronomical for normal
>>  > users. I normally have 500mb or 1gb for Photoshop machines and things
>>  > work fine.
>>
>>  The 2GB memory limit is only for when you compile it. It won't
>>  actually use that much running it. I've successfully compiled it
>>  on machines with less memory. You should install the other
>>  dependencies.
>>     
>
> 	I routinely build it on a machine with 512mb.  It takes at
> least 12 hours, but it does build.
>   
Actually you need 2GB of virutal memory/swapspace. There used to be a 
.cxx-file which consumed about 1.5GB of (virtual) memory during 
compilation. I don't know if this is still the case.

Andreas Haakh