[all] opkg killed by navit install

[Robin Paulson]

i've been trying to install the latest navit (2398) from the navit
repository, and am having the usual problems with opkg not being able
to handle it. i've created a 128mb swap file, and turned off the x
server, but no dice.

any ideas, guys? why does this require so much ram, is this a
fundamental flaw in opkg? i assume any package of a large size (navit
is 5mb, hardly gigantic) will cause these problems.

in the meantime, could navit be broken down into sub-packages, i
assume it's not one file taking the entire 5MB? navit-gui and
navit-data, for example?

cheers