How To Install lua-torch-graph on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-torch-graph on Ubuntu 18.04. lua-torch-graph is Graph Computation Package for Torch Framework

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-torch-graph on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is lua-torch-graph

lua-torch-graph is:

This package provides graphical computation for Torch.

This package also ships a graphviz interface, you need not graphviz to be able to use this library but, if you have it, you will be able to display the graphs that you have created.

There are three methods to install lua-torch-graph 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-graph 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-graph using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install lua-torch-graph

Install lua-torch-graph Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install lua-torch-graph using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install lua-torch-graph

Install lua-torch-graph 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-graph using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install lua-torch-graph

How To Uninstall lua-torch-graph on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the lua-torch-graph package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove lua-torch-graph

Uninstall lua-torch-graph And Its Dependencies

To uninstall lua-torch-graph 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-graph

Remove lua-torch-graph Configurations and Data

To remove lua-torch-graph configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge lua-torch-graph

Remove lua-torch-graph configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove lua-torch-graph configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lua-torch-graph

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-torch-graph package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.