How To Install libtorch-th-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtorch-th-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libtorch-th-dev
libtorch-th-dev is:
Torch is the main package in Torch7 where data structures for multi-dimensional tensors and mathematical operations over these are defined. Additionally, it provides many utilities for accessing files, serializing objects of arbitrary types and other useful utilities.
This package contains development files for libTH.so .
There are three methods to install libtorch-th-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libtorch-th-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libtorch-th-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libtorch-th-dev
Install libtorch-th-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libtorch-th-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libtorch-th-dev
Install libtorch-th-dev Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libtorch-th-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libtorch-th-dev
How To Uninstall libtorch-th-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libtorch-th-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libtorch-th-dev
Uninstall libtorch-th-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libtorch-th-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtorch-th-dev
Remove libtorch-th-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libtorch-th-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libtorch-th-dev
Remove libtorch-th-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libtorch-th-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libtorch-th-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtorch-th-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
