Install error

[JayHoltslander]

Running the install command: wp package install trepmal/wp-revisions-cli (WP-CLI 1.5.0)

Results in:

Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 268435456 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 16777224 bytes) in phar:///opt/sp/bin/wp-cli.phar/vendor/composer/composer/src/Composer/DependencyResolver/RuleSet.php on line 83
Reverted composer.json.

[joejordanbrown]

@JayHoltslander

If you run into a PHP fatal error relating to memory when running wp package install, you’re likely running out of memory.

WP-CLI uses Composer under the hood to manage WP-CLI packages. However, Composer is a bit of a memory hog, so you’ll need to increase your memory limit to accommodate it.

https://make.wordpress.org/cli/handbook/common-issues/#php-fatal-error-allowed-memory-size-of-999999-bytes-exhausted-tried-to-allocate-99-bytes

[JayHoltslander]

Trying to recall if I was trying to install on my local machine (16GB) or on a webserver (2GB). 🤔

[joejordanbrown]

@JayHoltslander

Even the server with 2GB is enough, it's just that your default PHP memory limit will be a lot lower than the machines maximum, yours was set to 256 MB from the error message.