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On ubuntu 14.10 (3.13.0-76-generic #120-Ubuntu SMP Mon Jan 18 15:59:10 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux), when I do:
sudo npm search yeoman-generator
I get the following error:
npm WARN Building the local index for the first time, please be patient
FATAL ERROR: CALL_AND_RETRY_2 Allocation failed - process out of memory
NPM Version is 3.7.1
Please help
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This exception can be solved by increasing the default memory allocated to our program to the required memory by using the following command. Parameters: SPACE_REQD: Pass the increased memory space (in Megabytes).
Please reserve at least 6 GB for OS resources and npm On-Site appliance containers.
To fix JavaScript heap out of memory error, you need to add the --max-old-space-size option when running your npm command. Alternatively, you can also set the memory limit for your entire environment using a configuration file.
If you want to increase the max memory for Node you can use --max_old_space_size option. You should set this with NODE_OPTIONS environment variable.
According to npm's bug tracker, this has been fixed in [email protected]. (see thread).
Searching works fine for me after upgrading npm:
npm install npm@latest -g
(you might need to su/sudo on your system)
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While not a solution, per say, I typically do my searches on http://npmjs.org
Even when it works, npm search is epically slow due to the size of the index. I would recommend avoiding it unless you have no available browser.
See the canonical NPM search doesn't work issue: https://github.com/npm/npm/issues/6016
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