How To Install lua-torch-dok on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-torch-dok on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is lua-torch-dok
lua-torch-dok is:
This package ships the dok module for Torch Framework.
Apart from that lua module, this package also ships some torch documents, including:
- Torch installation guide
- Lua introduction
- Torch tutorial which can be found under /usr/share/doc/lua-torch-dok/ directory.
There are three methods to install lua-torch-dok 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-dok 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-dok using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lua-torch-dok
Install lua-torch-dok Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lua-torch-dok using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lua-torch-dok
Install lua-torch-dok 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-dok using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lua-torch-dok
How To Uninstall lua-torch-dok on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the lua-torch-dok package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lua-torch-dok
Uninstall lua-torch-dok And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lua-torch-dok 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-dok
Remove lua-torch-dok Configurations and Data
To remove lua-torch-dok configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lua-torch-dok
Remove lua-torch-dok configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lua-torch-dok configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lua-torch-dok
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-torch-dok package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
