make -j

[vallor]

BTW, Chris!

If you can't "make -j" on your system, your system
needs "tuning" -- potentially, by adding RAM.

Note that the extra RAM can be used as ramdisk, where
you can do your build. That's what I do for my Linux
kernel builds. Zoom!

[Chris Ahlstrom]

Post by vallor
BTW, Chris!
If you can't "make -j" on your system, your system
needs "tuning" -- potentially, by adding RAM.

Got 16 Gb, that's should be enough.

Post by vallor
Note that the extra RAM can be used as ramdisk, where
you can do your build. That's what I do for my Linux
kernel builds. Zoom!

<thumbs up>

[Lawrence D'Oliveiro]

If you can't "make -j" on your system, your system needs "tuning" --
potentially, by adding RAM.

“make -j” by design spawns as many processes as it can, so with a big
enough project to build, it is always going to bring your system to its
knees!

Better: use something like “make -j$(nproc)” to create only as many
processes as your hardware can run concurrently. I’m told you could even
add 1 to this.

[Chris Ahlstrom]

Post by Lawrence D'Oliveiro

If you can't "make -j" on your system, your system needs "tuning" --
potentially, by adding RAM.

“make -j” by design spawns as many processes as it can, so with a big
enough project to build, it is always going to bring your system to its
knees!
Better: use something like “make -j$(nproc)” to create only as many
processes as your hardware can run concurrently. I’m told you could even
add 1 to this.

On the mini PC, I use "-j 4"; on the laptops, "-j 8".