Knowledge Base:Emerge out of memory

Solution
Check current number of parallel jobs in MAKEOPTS:

Also check EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS:

It is ok if you don't have EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS.

You can't set EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS in /etc/portage/package.env, you can only use "--jobs 1" when run emerge.

Try to lower number of parallel jobs for some packages which usually requires more RAM to compile:

Chromium
See emerge out of memory

"No space left on device" while emerge
If you see "No space left on device" while emerge, then take a look at Portage TMPDIR on tmpfs.

TODO

 * Add more text about problem
 * Move page into main pagespace
 * Add link here to the page /etc/portage/package.env.
 * Add page into Category:Knowledge Base
 * use  for both MAKEOPTS and EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS?