PHP Composer update “cannot allocate memory” error (using Laravel 4)

Question

I just can\'t solve this one.

I\'m on Linode 1G RAM basic plan. Trying to install a package via Composer and it\'s not letting me. My memory limit is set to \"-1\" o

Answer 1

This seems to be a recurring issue with 1GB and smaller server instances. Apart from trying to shutdown processes and tweak swap settings, you could install on a local machine and upload.