Error "virtual space exhausted" after cloning the hector_slam package.

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change the configuration in the file */etc/dphys-swapfile *: Default is CONF_SWAPSIZE=100

1. Do "sudo nano /etc/dphys-swapfile"
2. change default to CONF_SWAPSIZE=1024
3. restart swap with sudo /etc/init.d/dphys-swapfile stop 4. sudo /etc/init.d/dphys-swapfile start
4. Do this to check if it worked free -m

Please read into the effect of doing swap on the sd card.. short for multiple writes to sd decreases the life but read more here https://www.bitpi.co/2015/02/11/how-t...

It happens because you are overusing the CPU(and its ram) . Append -j1 or -j2 after catkin_make to use fewer cores. This will compile slower but at least it won't make your Rpi freeze.

catkin_make -j2

EDIT The best way, in my opinion is Cross Compilation. Once, setup an environment on your pc(there are many tutorials for cross compiling for rpi) and also install minimal ros in that environment. Then just cross compile packages whenever you want with:

catkin_make install

and just copy the install directory into your rpi's workspace and source the file that is inside of it. For instance:

source ~/catkin_ws/install/setup.bash

Here's an also complete tutorial for cross compiling for Rpi with ROS: https://github.com/HesselM/rpicross_n...