java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: PermGen space

On 64 bit platforms, the MaxPermSize should be set to 512M. Before launching the Installer, you can set the MaxPermSize in the environment as follows:
export _JAVA_OPTIONS=-XX:MaxPermSize=512m
If the MaxPermSize is not set to 512M, you will see the following error message:
java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: PermGen space

Tweet