> On 23 Dec 2015, at 18:32, Tom Browder <tom.brow...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 10:38 AM, Steve Mynott <steve.myn...@gmail.com> wrote: >> That looks like you don't have enough virtual memory (the physical >> memory assigned to your VM and swap within it) should be at least 2GB >> (maybe even more). > > Thanks, Steve--I wasn't very bright, was I! > > I have increased the VM guest's RAM and will report back with success, I'm > sure. > > BTW, will that RAM be required always for Perl 6, or just during the > installation?
Just during compilation really. FWIW, a null program (like “perl6 -e ’sleep 20’) takes about 45MB on my OS X machine. Liz
