unable to install anything

[Curtis Vaughan <curtis@npc-usa.com>]

Whenever I try to install any package or update, I get an error, 
details of which are provided below.
This is just an example of the point at which an upgrade terminates.

> Preparing to replace base-files 3.0.16 (using 
> .../base-files_3.1_i386.deb) ...
> dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/base-files_3.1_i386.deb 
> (--unpack):
>  fork failed: Cannot allocate memory
> dpkg: error while cleaning up:
>  fork failed: Cannot allocate memory
> dpkg: error while cleaning up:
>  fork failed: Cannot allocate memory
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  /var/cache/apt/archives/base-files_3.1_i386.deb
> Processing was halted because there were too many errors.
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Any ideas what's up and how to fix it?


Curtis Vaughan

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