[Slackbuilds-users] (libreoffice/openoffice) /usr/libexec/slackpkg/core-functions.sh: cannot allocate memory

[Willy Sudiarto Raharjo]

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> Has anyone seen this before?
> After trying first trying to install openoffice, then libreoffice, I
> ran into memory problems.
> I don't really know if this is a problem with the packaging or with
> slackpkg and a web
> search for the error message turned up nothing.
> Adding swap (from original 2GB to total of 5GB swap in 1GB increments)
> made no
> difference:
>
> root at darkstar:~# dd if=/dev/zero of=/home/swap-file3 bs=10M count=100
> 100+0 records in
> 100+0 records out
> 1048576000 bytes (1.0 GB) copied, 56.8311 s, 18.5 MB/s
> root at darkstar:~# mkswap /home/swap-file3
> Setting up swapspace version 1, size = 1023996 KiB
> no label, UUID=c6a932ed-db8b-4959-88d1-c31d21b2965d
> root at darkstar:~# swapon /home/swap-file3
> root at darkstar:~# slackpkg install
> /tmp/libreoffice-4.2.3-i586-1_SBo.tgz
>
> # LONG wait here, then ....
>
> /usr/libexec/slackpkg/core-functions.sh: xmalloc: subst.c:3445: cannot
> allocate
> 403955757 bytes (2520190976 bytes allocated)
> Looking for  in package list. Please wait...
> /usr/libexec/slackpkg/core-functions.sh: xmalloc: subst.c:3445: cannot
> allocate 403955757 bytes (2520190976 bytes allocated)
> DONE
>
> No packages match the pattern for install. Try:
>
>         /usr/sbin/slackpkg reinstall|upgrade

I had libreoffice 4.2.3 built and installed fine here on my machines
(desktop, workstation, laptop)
You should use installpkg rather than slackpkg for installing local
packages

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Willy Sudiarto Raharjo
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