How To Install libtorch3-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtorch3-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libtorch3-dev
libtorch3-dev is:
Torch is a machine-learning library, written in C++. Its aim is to provide the state-of-the-art of the best algorithms.
- Many gradient-based methods, including multi-layered perceptrons, radial basis functions, and mixtures of experts. Many small “modules” (Linear module, Tanh module, SoftMax module, …) can be plugged together.
- Support Vector Machine, for classification and regression.
- Distribution package, includes Kmeans, Gaussian Mixture Models, Hidden Markov Models, and Bayes Classifier, and classes for speech recognition with embedded training.
- Ensemble models such as Bagging and Adaboost.
- Non-parametric models such as K-nearest-neighbors, Parzen Regression and Parzen Density Estimator.
This package is the Torch development package (header files and static library.)
There are three methods to install libtorch3-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 libtorch3-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 libtorch3-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libtorch3-dev
Install libtorch3-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libtorch3-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libtorch3-dev
Install libtorch3-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 libtorch3-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libtorch3-dev
How To Uninstall libtorch3-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libtorch3-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libtorch3-dev
Uninstall libtorch3-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libtorch3-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtorch3-dev
Remove libtorch3-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libtorch3-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libtorch3-dev
Remove libtorch3-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libtorch3-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libtorch3-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtorch3-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
