Running npm install on a 2GB RAM machine exhausts available memory quickly. Can npm be tuned to use less memory? Consider the approach:
node customInstall.js
During my work on machines with limited RAM, I faced similar issues with npm installations. I started by experimenting with a custom node script that wraps the npm install command. This permitted me to adjust node settings dynamically, for instance, setting the --max-old-space-size flag to restrict memory usage. Changing environment variables and tuning npm’s concurrency settings also helped. Although not a comprehensive solution for every environment, these changes proved effective enough during development and testing on constrained systems.