compiling nim from source on low memory SBC

If it can help, Nim is packaged in Debian and built for approx 10 architectures including ARM. Also, the package supports crosscompiling.

compiling nim from source on low memory SBC

Nim runs N backend C compiler processes at same time when `nim c/cpp foo.nim` command is executed on the machine with N CPUs. (See `execCmdsInParallel` or `execCmdsInParallel` proc in `compiler/extccomp.nim`) So adding `--parallelBuild:1` option to Nim might reduce memory usage because Nim does

compiling nim from source on low memory SBC

cross compiling the source in a desktop box is probably the most feasible option

compiling nim from source on low memory SBC

I was able to get Nim to compile on the RPI nano 2, with distcc and lots of swapping to disk

compiling nim from source on low memory SBC

thanx dude, both 1gb 32 bit & 2gb 64 bit linux on arm work fine on 1.6.1

compiling nim from source on low memory SBC

You can either add swap or get the pre-built nightlies from (these ones are from the version-1.6 branch, so while they don't correspond to a stable 1.6.x release they're a part of

compiling nim from source on low memory SBC

thankx dude, both 1gb 32 bit & 2gb 64 bit linux on arm work fine on 1.6.1

compiling nim from source on low memory SBC

i'm unsuccessfully trying to compile nim 1.6.2 on a 2gb arm sbc, seems link the minimum ram is 4gb