# Package compiler errors with "system image too large" message

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/package-compiler-errors-with-system-image-too-large-message/85849
**Category:** General Usage
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**Created:** [August 16, 2022, 10:46pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/package-compiler-errors-with-system-image-too-large-message/85849 "2022-08-16T22:46:53Z")
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#### Post date: [August 16, 2022, 10:46pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/package-compiler-errors-with-system-image-too-large-message/85849/1 "2022-08-16T22:46:53Z")

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Trying to create a sysimage using vscode build task. This has worked forever but today cannot get it to compile. It returns a “system image too large” error message.

Anybody else having this problem?

> **Version Info**
>
> ```julia
> VSCode version 1.70.1
> 
> Julia Version 1.8.0-rc4
> Commit 7853436ccd (2022-08-08 07:55 UTC)
> Platform Info:
> OS: Windows (x86_64-w64-mingw32)
> CPU: 64 × Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6242 CPU @ 2.80GHz
> WORD_SIZE: 64
> LIBM: libopenlibm
> LLVM: libLLVM-13.0.1 (ORCJIT, cascadelake)
> Threads: 1 on 64 virtual cores
> 
> ```

> **Error trace**
>
> ```julia
> Activating project at `c:\Users\bguenter\.vscode\extensions\julialang.language-julia-1.6.31\scripts\environments\sysimagecompile\fallback`
> [Info: Now building a custom sysimage for the environment 'c:\Users\bguenter\Source\github\OpticSim.jl', excluding dev packages 'Symbol[]'.
> ┌ Info: Included packages: 
> │ - Pkg
> │ - ForwardDiff
> │ - HTTP
> │ - Luxor
> │ - WGLMakie
> │ - Zygote
> │ - DataFrames
> │ - SpecialFunctions
> │ - Distributions
> │ - ZipFile
> │ - SHA
> │ - LinearAlgebra
> │ - Format
> │ - ColorTypes
> │ - LazySets
> │ - Makie
> │ - JSServe
> │ - Polynomials
> │ - GeometryBasics
> │ - FileIO
> │ - PackageCompiler
> │ - GLMakie
> │ - CSV
> │ - Revise
> │ - PlutoUI
> │ - Random
> │ - Libdl
> │ - Optim
> │ - Conda
> │ - ColorSchemes
> │ - ReverseDiff
> │ - PyCall
> │ - Images
> │ - Plots
> │ - Pluto
> │ - Unitful
> │ - StaticArrays
> │ - ImageView
> │ - Statistics
> │ - MeshIO
> │ - JuMP
> │ - DelimitedFiles
> │ - Roots
> │ - Ipopt
> │ - NLopt
> │ - StringEncodings
> │ - Colors
> └ - InteractiveUtils
> [Info: Precompile statement files: String[]
> [Info: Precompile execution files: String[]
> ⣄ [14m:28s] PackageCompiler: compiling incremental system imageERROR: system image too large
> ✖ [14m:29s] PackageCompiler: compiling incremental system image
> ERROR: LoadError: failed process: Process(`'C:\Users\bguenter\.julia\juliaup\julia-1.8.0-rc4+0.x64\bin\julia.exe' --color=yes --startup-file=no --cpu-target=native -O3 '--sysimage=C:\Users\bguenter\.julia\juliaup\julia-1.8.0-rc4+0.x64\lib\julia\sys.dll' '--project=c:\Users\bguenter\Source\github\OpticSim.jl' '--output-o=C:\Users\bguenter\AppData\Local\Temp\jl_GFy7i9o5G7.o' 'C:\Users\bguenter\AppData\Local\Temp\jl_kXO1QBQrmz'`, ProcessExited(1)) [1]
> 
> Stacktrace:
> [1] pipeline_error
> @ .\process.jl:565 [inlined]
> [2] run(::Cmd; wait::Bool)
> @ Base .\process.jl:480
> [3] run
> @ .\process.jl:477 [inlined]
> [4] #14
> @ c:\Users\bguenter\.vscode\extensions\julialang.language-julia-1.6.31\scripts\packages\PackageCompiler\ext\TerminalSpinners.jl:157 [inlined]
> [5] spin(f::PackageCompiler.var"#14#15"{Cmd}, s::PackageCompiler.TerminalSpinners.Spinner{Base.TTY})
> @ PackageCompiler.TerminalSpinners c:\Users\bguenter\.vscode\extensions\julialang.language-julia-1.6.31\scripts\packages\PackageCompiler\ext\TerminalSpinners.jl:164
> [6] macro expansion
> @ c:\Users\bguenter\.vscode\extensions\julialang.language-julia-1.6.31\scripts\packages\PackageCompiler\ext\TerminalSpinners.jl:157 [inlined]
> [7] create_sysimg_object_file(object_file::String, packages::Vector{String}, packages_sysimg::Set{Base.PkgId}; project::String, base_sysimage::String, precompile_execution_file::Vector{String}, precompile_statements_file::Vector{String}, cpu_target::String, script::Nothing, sysimage_build_args::Cmd, extra_precompiles::String, incremental::Bool)
> @ PackageCompiler c:\Users\bguenter\.vscode\extensions\julialang.language-julia-1.6.31\scripts\packages\PackageCompiler\src\PackageCompiler.jl:359
> [8] create_sysimage(packages::Vector{Symbol}; sysimage_path::String, project::String, precompile_execution_file::Vector{String}, precompile_statements_file::Vector{String}, incremental::Bool, filter_stdlibs::Bool, cpu_target::String, script::Nothing, sysimage_build_args::Cmd, include_transitive_dependencies::Bool, base_sysimage::Nothing, julia_init_c_file::Nothing, version::Nothing, soname::Nothing, compat_level::String,
> extra_precompiles::String)
> @ PackageCompiler c:\Users\bguenter\.vscode\extensions\julialang.language-julia-1.6.31\scripts\packages\PackageCompiler\src\PackageCompiler.jl:510
> [9] top-level scope
> @ c:\Users\bguenter\.vscode\extensions\julialang.language-julia-1.6.31\scripts\tasks\task_compileenv.jl:94
> in expression starting at c:\Users\bguenter\.vscode\extensions\julialang.language-julia-1.6.31\scripts\tasks\task_compileenv.jl:94
> 
> * The terminal process "C:\Users\bguenter\.julia\juliaup\julia-1.8.0-rc4+0.x64\bin\julia.exe '--color=yes', '--startup-file=no', '--history-file=no', 'c:\Users\bguenter\.vscode\extensions\julialang.language-julia-1.6.31\scripts\tasks\task_compileenv.jl', 'c:\Users\bguenter\Source\github\OpticSim.jl'" terminated with exit code: 1. 
> * Terminal will be reused by tasks, press any key to close it. 
> 
> ```