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Xref: sserve comp.unix.bsd:6819 comp.lang.perl:12043 Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd,comp.lang.perl Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!network.ucsd.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!spool.mu.edu!uunet!pipex!ibmpcug!rachel.ibmpcug.co.uk!adrian From: adrian@rachel.ibmpcug.co.uk (Adrian Hall) Subject: Re: Installing perl-4.035 in 386BSD Organization: The IBM PC User Group, Harrow, England Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1992 08:59:12 GMT Message-ID: <BwEwyp.DF1@ibmpcug.co.uk> References: <IKEDA.92Oct19202131@phenix.ntec.co.jp> Sender: news@ibmpcug.co.uk (News System Administration) Nntp-Posting-Host: rachel.ibmpcug.co.uk Lines: 15 In article <IKEDA.92Oct19202131@phenix.ntec.co.jp> ikeda@ntec.co.jp (shigeru IKEDA) writes: >CAUTION: YOU MUST NOT MAIL ME. PLEASE FOLLOW UP. > >Has anyone succeeded in installing perl-4.035 on 386BSD >with machine which has memory only 4M? > >I tried, but while compiling eval.c, my 386BSD hung. To compile perl you need a lot of memory. Try adding loads of swap space. I managed to get perl to compile, but not tperl - which required even more memory (I did have 48Meg configured at the time). Adrian