How to prevent java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: PermGen space at Scala compilation?

Question

I have noticed a strange behavior of my scala compiler. It occasionally throws an OutOfMemoryError when compiling a class. Here\'s the error message:

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Answer 1

I am building with the Jenkins sbt plugin and had the same problems. They were resolved after copying the SBT_OPTS from the sbt file to the Jenkins job config's JVM flags.