How To Install lua-torch-paths on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-torch-paths on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is lua-torch-paths
lua-torch-paths is:
This package provides portable functions and variables to manipulate the file system :
- Manipulating filenames: functions for manipulating filenames ;
- Directory functions: functions for listing and manipulating directories ;
- Directory paths: paths to well known directories ;
- Miscellaneous: uncategorized functions ;
When this package is loaded, it also computes a number of useful variables indicating where the various Torch components are installed.
There are three methods to install lua-torch-paths 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-paths 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-paths using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lua-torch-paths
Install lua-torch-paths Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lua-torch-paths using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lua-torch-paths
Install lua-torch-paths 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-paths using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lua-torch-paths
How To Uninstall lua-torch-paths on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the lua-torch-paths package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lua-torch-paths
Uninstall lua-torch-paths And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lua-torch-paths 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-paths
Remove lua-torch-paths Configurations and Data
To remove lua-torch-paths configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lua-torch-paths
Remove lua-torch-paths configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lua-torch-paths configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lua-torch-paths
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-torch-paths package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
