segmentation fault when building Plutus-playground.server

Question

I'm following the instructions for installing the Plutus-playground found here

I discovered I must execute the following before step 10

git clone https://github.com/input-output-hk/plutus-apps.git

I cd into plutus-apps/ and this then worked fine (note: in zsh):

[zsh]$ pwd
/Users/jwb/plutus/plutus-apps
[zsh]$ nix-build -A plutus-playground.client

But I got a "segmentation fault" with this:

[zsh]$ nix-build -A plutus-playground.server

Here is the output for clarity:

[zsh]$ nix-build -A plutus-playground.server
zsh: segmentation fault  

I switched to bash after the error, but that too failed:

[bash]$ nix-build -A plutus-playground.server
Segmentation fault: 11

Is the plutus-apps repository corrupted? Why would the client build just fine but not the server?

Answer 1

Could you try running GC_DONT_GC=1 nix-build -A plutus-playground.server.