[REQUEST]: Add a note suggesting _JAVA_OPTIONS to resolve OutOfMemoryError

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Practical Haplotype Graph (PHG) version 2

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[REQUEST]: Add a note suggesting _JAVA_OPTIONS to resolve OutOfMemoryError #254

Closed gtbil closed 2 days ago

gtbil commented 2 days ago

Description

Running build-kmer-index can give the following error: java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space

Alternatives

Add a note to the documentation that _JAVA_OPTIONS can be used to increase the heap space when this error is encountered, like export _JAVA_OPTIONS="-Xms200G -Xmx200G"

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gtbil commented 2 days ago

closing this since I realized its on the installation page