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I've seen this on other boards: when the compiler has to fetch so many things it runs out of memory, strange error messages are output. To be sure of this just run HTOP or TOP in a terminal and observe the memory.

To get away with the compilation you need to increase your memory: either create or modify a swap file as shown here.

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