“insufficient memory for the Java Runtime Environment ” message in eclipse

Question

When I run my Java code in Eclipse, I get the following message:

There is insufficient memory for the Java Runtime Environment to continue.
Native memory all         


        

Answer 1

In your Eclipse installation directory you should be able to find the file eclipse.ini. Open it and find the -vmargs section. Adjust the value of:

-Xmx1024m

In this example it is set to 1GB.