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increase swap file size to 8Gb
# ref. https://askubuntu.com/a/1075516/22308
sudo swapoff /swapfile # make all swap off
sudo rm -rf /swapfile # remove the current
# 8Gb = 8 * 1024Mb = 8192 Mb
# 4Gb = 4 * 1024Mb = 4096 Mb
sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile bs=1M count=4096 # resize the swapfile to 4Gb
# =
sudo chmod 600 /swapfile
sudo mkswap /swapfile # format the file as swap
sudo swapon /swapfile # activate it
sudo swapon -s # view swap size
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Medigato commented Aug 5, 2023

Thank you!

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