How To Install libtorch-luat on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtorch-luat on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libtorch-luat
libtorch-luat 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 libluaT.so .
There are three methods to install libtorch-luat 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-luat 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-luat using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libtorch-luat
Install libtorch-luat Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libtorch-luat using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libtorch-luat
Install libtorch-luat 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-luat using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libtorch-luat
How To Uninstall libtorch-luat on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libtorch-luat package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libtorch-luat
Uninstall libtorch-luat And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libtorch-luat and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtorch-luat
Remove libtorch-luat Configurations and Data
To remove libtorch-luat configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libtorch-luat
Remove libtorch-luat configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libtorch-luat configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libtorch-luat
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtorch-luat package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
