How can I set up Jiten on a device with low RAM (less than 1GB)?

[maxigaz]

I have a Moto G (osprey) with 1GB of RAM running postmarketOS. When I run jiten setup for the first time and writing sentences reaches 100%, RAM usage starts to increase until the device becomes completely unresponsive (and needs to be hard reset).

I have already installed and set up Jiten on a different phone with 3GB of RAM in Android and Termux (and also on my Linux x86_64 PC with 16GB of RAM), so one possible workaround I have in mind is to copy the compiled data files from there to the Moto G. However, I'm not sure where they are located and whether they are compatible across these two systems.

Any suggestions are welcome.

[obfusk]

jiten setup --download should work if you have internet :)

$ jiten setup --help
Usage: jiten setup [OPTIONS]

  Build (or download) sqlite databases.

Options:
  --download  Always download DBs, never build them.
  --help      Show this message and exit.

[maxigaz]

Thank you for the great answer!

[obfusk]

You should also be able to copy the 4 .sqlite3 files in the jiten/res directory from another install.