"Process out of memory" error after installing node from source

Question

I'm trying to install NodeJS on shared hosting. I downloaded the source from

https://nodejs.org/en/download/

and followed the usual install procedure with ./config --prefix="$HOME/local".

It compiles without error. However, when I try to run it, I get the following error:

installing /kunden/homepages/32/d690510543/htdocs/local/include/node/zconf.h
installing /kunden/homepages/32/d690510543/htdocs/local/include/node/zlib.h
(uiserver):xxxxxxxx:~/node-v8.11.2$ which node
/kunden/homepages/32/d690510543/htdocs/local/bin/node
(uiserver):xxxxxxxx:~/node-v8.11.2$ node


#
# Fatal error in , line 0
# API fatal error handler returned after process out of memory
#
Illegal instruction

However, I can get the version

$ node -v
v8.11.2

and help.

Nevertheless, I can't run a script

(uiserver):xxxxxxxx:~$ cat hello.js
var http = require('http');
http.createServer(function (req, res) {
        res.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/plain'});
        res.end('Hello World\n');
        }).listen(1337, "127.0.0.1");
console.log('Server running at http://127.0.0.1:1337/');
(uiserver):xxxxxxxx:~$ node hello.js


#
# Fatal error in , line 0
# API fatal error handler returned after process out of memory
#
Illegal instruction

Nor can I enter the REPL:

(uiserver):xxxxxxxx:~$ node -i

#

Fatal error in , line 0

API fatal error handler returned after process out of memory

# Illegal instruction

Answer 1

I had the same issue and what i realized was that it was only occuring when i use mlab sandbox mongo db.Initially everything was ok even with mlab mongo db but all over sudden i the error started appearing .I changed to locally installed mongodb and all was well,i deleted my mlab mongo db collections and changed back to mlab,all was well again.I guess the issue is with mlab free tier limitations