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Extend your RAM by adding a swap file: linux-add-a-swap-file-howto

a swap file is a file stored on the computer hard drive that is used as a temporary location to store information that is not currently being used by the computer RAM. By using a swap file a computer has the ability to use more memory than what is physically installed in the computer swapfile

In Short:

Login as root: su - or execute the commands with sudo in front

  1. dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile1 bs=1024 count=524288

  2. mkswap /swapfile1

  3. chown root:root /swapfile1

  4. chmod 0600 /swapfile1

  5. swapon /swapfile1

Now the swap file will be activated temporarily, but will be gone after reboot. You should have enough RAM for your installing process

To Remove the File:

  1. swapoff -v /swapfile1

  2. rm /swapfile1

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