[R] mgcv out of memory

[Uwe Ligges]

On 27.06.2010 17:48, Geoffrey Smith wrote:
> Hello, I am trying to update the mgcv package on my Linux box and I keep
> getting an "Out of memory!" error.  Does anyone know of a fix for this?
> Below is a snippet of the message that I keep getting:  Thank you.  Geoff
>
> ** R
> ** inst
> ** preparing package for lazy loading
> ** help
> *** installing help indices
>   >>>  Building/Updating help pages for package 'mgcv'
>       Formats: text html latex example
>    Predict.matrix                    text    html    latex   example
>    Predict.matrix.cr.smooth          text    html    latex   example
>    Tweedie                           text    html    latex   example
>    anova.gam                         text    html    latex   example
>    bam                               text    html    latex   example
>    bam.update                        text    html    latex   example
>    cSplineDes                        text    html    latex   example
>    choose.k                          text    html    latex   example
>    exclude.too.far                   text    html    latex   example
>    extract.lme.cov                   text    html    latex   example
>    fix.family.link                   text    html    latex
>    fixDependence                     text    html    latex   example
>    formXtViX                         text    html    latex
>    formula.gam                       text    html    latex
>    full.score                        text    html    latex
>    gam                               text    html    latex   example
>    gam.check                         text    html    latex   example
>    gam.control                       text    html    latex
>    gam.convergence                   text    html    latex
>    gam.fit                           text    html    latex
>    gam.fit3                          text    html    latex
>    gam.models                        text    html    latex   example
>    gam.outer                         text    html    latex
>    gam.selection                     text    html    latex   example
>    gam.side                          text    html    latex   example
>    gam.vcomp                         text    html    latex   example
>    gam2objective                     text    html    latex
>    gamObject                         text    html    latex
> Out of memory!



This comes probably from perl.
Can you try to upgrade to a recent version of R please? Yours is at 
least one year old and has still the old help system. It may be the case 
that the new mgcv is not compatible with the old help system.

Uwe Ligges



> ERROR: building help failed for package ‘mgcv’
> * Removing ‘/usr/lib/R/library/mgcv’
> * Restoring previous ‘/usr/lib/R/library/mgcv’
>
> The downloaded packages are in
>      ‘/tmp/Rtmp9H7LN8/downloaded_packages’
> Updating HTML index of packages in '.Library'
> Warning message:
> In install.packages(update[instlib == l, "Package"], l, contriburl =
> contriburl,  :
>    installation of package 'mgcv' had non-zero exit status
>
> 	[[alternative HTML version deleted]]
>
>
>
>
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