Increase heap to avoid Out of Memory Error in WEKA

Question

I am trying to run a classifier in WEKA, using a J48 classifier using the following command line:

$ java -Xmx2048m -cp /home/weka-3-7-9/weka.jar weka.classif         


        

Answer 1

In terminal use this command

sudo gedit /usr/bin/weka

Change the size in the line

MEMORY="256m"

Answer 2

Quick instruction for the Ubuntu-Users: The heap can be set by changing the line MEMORY="256m" in the file /usr/bin/weka with your favored editor.

Answer 3

Weka's instructions state that the "-Xmx..." command will not work from the simple command line interface. I believe you should increase the heap size by editing the RunWeka.ini file. The link I provided should point you in the right direction.