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authorWladimir J. van der Laan <laanwj@gmail.com>2014-03-31 05:59:11 +0200
committerWladimir J. van der Laan <laanwj@gmail.com>2014-03-31 06:02:35 +0200
commit4babd0813788770a0a57a108208647f73c106a18 (patch)
treecb00295dc22c43be1bbd5a696186b115fa433e59 /doc
parent25333a26197b55c23debb38740ed875999aa795a (diff)
downloadbitcoin-4babd0813788770a0a57a108208647f73c106a18.tar.xz
doc: Add note about memory reqs for compilation
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@@ -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
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Build requirements: