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    These are quick copy-paste commands. Look at the end for info.
    These are quick copy-paste commands to create 2gb swap space. Look at the end for info.

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    # feel free to change below values
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    ## node-gyp on small servers

    node-gyp needs more ram or swap space to install. Use these commands to create swap space as root. (if using sudo, then put the following in a file and then run it using sudo)
    node-gyp needs more ram or swap space to install. Use these commands to create swap space as root. (if using sudo, then put the following in a file and then run it using sudo).

    > Assumes you have Ubuntu. Should work for most Debian-based OSes.
    These are quick copy-paste commands. Look at the end for info.

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    ## node-gyp on small servers

    node-gyp needs more ram or swap space to install. Use these commands to create swap space as root. (if using sudo, then put the following in a file and then run it using sudo)

    These are quick copy-paste commands. Look at the end for info.

    ```
    # feel free to change below values
    export SWAP_PATH=/swap
    export SWAP_SIZE=2097K
    touch $SWAP_PATH
    chmod 0600 $SWAP_PATH
    dd if=/dev/zero of=$SWAP_PATH bs=1024 count=$SWAP_SIZE
    mkswap $SWAP_PATH
    swapon $SWAP_PATH
    echo "$SWAP_PATH none swap sw 0 0" >> /etc/fstab
    echo 10 | tee /proc/sys/vm/swappiness
    echo "vm.swappiness = 10" | tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf
    ```

    then as a user that uses `npm`, run following:

    ```
    npm config set jobs 1
    ```

    ### info

    * `SWAP_PATH` is the path to create the swap
    * `SWAP_SIZE` is the size of the swap. We set it at around 2gb
    * swap size in 1kb blocks
    * 2048mb * 1024kb == 2097152
    * which is approximately 2097 thousand ( == 2097k)