! error: (lua): not enough memory

Question

I have a heavy document that is compiled with LuaLaTeX (TeXLive). On Linux, no problem. On Windows, it stop compiling in the middle of the document with the error:

! error:  (lua): not enough memory
!  ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced!

It actually occurs just before the lualatex.exe compiler allocates 2GB of memory.

I have way enough memory on my computer, it occurs with any versions of LuaLaTeX (even the new 1.0.4 version / TeXLive 2017), it occurs on different Windows configurations, there is no special Lua code in the document.

Do you use any special Lua code that could "eat" your memory? It's hard to tell more without seeing some code... — TeXnician, Jun 05 '17 at 16:20
@TeXnician: no special Lua code, just lot of fonts loaded and a big document — Kyle_the_hacker, Jun 05 '17 at 17:02

Kyle_the_hacker · Accepted Answer · 2017-06-05T22:13:53.347

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Standard LuaLaTeX from TeXLive is only 32-bit on Windows and thus memory limited. Using 64-bit executables instead solves the problem.

Howto: https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/227731/15659

edited Jun 05 '17 at 22:13

answered Jun 05 '17 at 21:54

Kyle_the_hacker

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! error: (lua): not enough memory

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