How To Install lua-torch-cwrap on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-torch-cwrap on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is lua-torch-cwrap
lua-torch-cwrap is:
The cwrap package helps you to automate the generation of Lua/C wrappers around existing C functions, such that these functions would be callable from Lua. This package is used by the torch package, but does not depend on anything, and could be used by anyone using Lua.
There are three methods to install lua-torch-cwrap 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 lua-torch-cwrap Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install lua-torch-cwrap using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lua-torch-cwrap
Install lua-torch-cwrap Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lua-torch-cwrap using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lua-torch-cwrap
Install lua-torch-cwrap 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 lua-torch-cwrap using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lua-torch-cwrap
How To Uninstall lua-torch-cwrap on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the lua-torch-cwrap package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lua-torch-cwrap
Uninstall lua-torch-cwrap And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lua-torch-cwrap and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lua-torch-cwrap
Remove lua-torch-cwrap Configurations and Data
To remove lua-torch-cwrap configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lua-torch-cwrap
Remove lua-torch-cwrap configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lua-torch-cwrap configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lua-torch-cwrap
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-torch-cwrap package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
