From 4babd0813788770a0a57a108208647f73c106a18 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Wladimir J. van der Laan" Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 05:59:11 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] doc: Add note about memory reqs for compilation --- doc/build-unix.md | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/build-unix.md b/doc/build-unix.md index 31159d44b..b957baa91 100644 --- a/doc/build-unix.md +++ b/doc/build-unix.md @@ -52,6 +52,13 @@ Licenses of statically linked libraries: - protobuf 2.5.0 - libqrencode 3.2.0 +System requirements +-------------------- + +C++ compilers are memory-hungry. It is recommended to have at least 1 GB of +memory available when compiling Bitcoin Core. With 512MB of memory or less +compilation will take much longer due to swap thrashing. + Dependency Build Instructions: Ubuntu & Debian ---------------------------------------------- Build requirements: