Re: apt-get update -> Dynamic MMap ran out of room

[Benedict Verheyen <benedict.verheyen@pandora.be>]

Op vr 10-01-2003, om 21:16 schreef Dave:
> Recently whenever I try to "apt-get update" on my workstation, it gets
> all of the package lists then runs out of memory trying to read them. 
> At least, that's how I interpret the tail end of the output:
> 
> Reading Package Lists... Error!
> E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room
> E: Error occured while processing yelp (NewVersion1)
> E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/dpkg/status
> E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
> 
> My system has 512MB of RAM, most of which should be free, and plenty of
> HD space.  I also have 3 other Debian systems which don't have this
> problem, all pointing to the same apt-proxy.  I'm also pretty sure the
> package list and status files are fine, but I don't know how to check
> for certain.  dpkg works fine, but I can't apt-get anything until this
> is straightened out.
> 

A few days before this question was answered several times.
You need to increase the cache on apt
Put this in your /etc/apt/apt.conf file
APT
{
  Cache-Limit "141943904";
}