Out of memory error while installing a perl package

pxb5080 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi, I am trying to install Lingua-StanfordCoreNLP package on a 32 bit windows 7 machine using CPAN. I am not sure why I am getting this error:

CPAN: CPAN::SQLite loaded ok (v0.202)
Database was generated on Wed, 29 May 2013 23:48:48 GMT
Running install for module 'Lingua::StanfordCoreNLP'
Running make for K/KA/KAL/Lingua-StanfordCoreNLP-0.10.tar.gz
CPAN: Digest::SHA loaded ok (v5.84)
CPAN: Compress::Zlib loaded ok (v2.06)
Checksum for C:\strawberry\cpan\sources\authors\id\K\KA\KAL\Lingua-Sta
+nfordCoreNLP-0.10.tar.gz ok
CPAN: Archive::Tar loaded ok (v1.90)
Out of memory!
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My machine is a 8 GB machine and when I ran this command, at least 4GB was free. I have tried running it multiple times and every time I get the same error.

Can anyone please see why I am getting this error?

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Re: Out of memory error while installing a perl package by marto (Cardinal) on May 30, 2013 at 21:05 UTC
I have a 32bit machine also running Strawberry Perl with 4GB of RAM. `cpan` seemed to be having difficulty extracting the .tar.gz file. I spent a long time maxing out one core of my very old dual core desktop. I decided to extract this file manually using 7zip. This was very quick. Perhaps the manual installation method would work. I don't have Inline::Java or Java SDK installed. Update: slight rewording.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: Out of memory error while installing a perl package by pxb5080 (Initiate) on May 30, 2013 at 23:28 UTC
Can you please guide me how to install it manually?	[reply]
Re^3: Out of memory error while installing a perl package by marto (Cardinal) on May 31, 2013 at 08:50 UTC
Sure, download (either via the command line or from Lingua::StanfordCoreNLP, though the latter is likely quicker) and extract to a directory (I used 7zip). Open a command prompt and change to the directory you created when extracting, e.g.: `cd c:\LinguaStanfordCoreNLP` [download] Before going any further make sure you've installed Inline::Java. Now you essentially want to follow the installation process detailed in the Lingua::StanfordCoreNLP, apart from the slight differences for your platform: `perl Build.PL Build Build test Build install` [download] Update: Slight rewording of the first sentence.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: Out of memory error while installing a perl package by pxb5080 (Initiate) on May 31, 2013 at 21:32 UTC
Re^5: Out of memory error while installing a perl package by marto (Cardinal) on Jun 01, 2013 at 08:28 UTC
Re: Out of memory error while installing a perl package by Riales (Hermit) on May 30, 2013 at 22:01 UTC
Are you using cpanm to install the package? I think it uses a lot less memory than the CPAN shell.	[reply]
Re^2: Out of memory error while installing a perl package by pxb5080 (Initiate) on May 30, 2013 at 23:26 UTC
With cpanm also, I get the same error.	[reply]
Re^3: Out of memory error while installing a perl package by Anonymous Monk on Mar 09, 2015 at 19:48 UTC
Was this solved? I'm having the same problem.	[reply]
Re^4: Out of memory error while installing a perl package by Anonymous Monk on Mar 10, 2015 at 08:13 UTC
Re: Out of memory error while installing a perl package by DrHyde (Prior) on Jun 03, 2013 at 10:42 UTC
On a 32 bit machine your processes are limited to addressing 4GB max, which the OS might then further reduce. But your real problem is that Archive::Tar is a big fat pig that makes very poor use of memory. Install a proper tar command and tell CPAN.pm where to find it: `$ perl -MCPAN -eshell > o conf tar /usr/local/bin/tar (or whatever path is traditional on Windows) > o conf commit > quit` [download] This is why in CPAN::ParseDistribution there is a `use_tar` option. Incidentally, CPAN::ParseDistribution fails its tests on Windows, because of problems with forking and signals. If anyone thinks that they can fix it, patches are most welcome on Github. People saying "have you tried X Y and Z?", on the other hand, are not welcome, as I don't have a Windows licence, have no intention of getting one, and have no intention of learning how to drive Windows. If you think you can help, do please get in touch by email.	[reply] [d/l] [select]