THIS REPOSITORY IS DEPRECEATED.

Please use https://github.com/torch/torch7

For install scripts, please look at: https://github.com/torch/ezinstall

Torch7 Library.

Torch7 provides a Matlab-like environment for state-of-the-art machine learning algorithms. It is easy to use and provides a very efficient implementation, thanks to an easy and fast scripting language (Lua) and a underlying C implementation.

In order to install Torch7 you can follow these simple instructions, but we suggest reading the detailed manual at http://www.torch.ch/manual/install/index

Requirements

• C/C++ compiler
• cmake
• gnuplot
• git

Optional

• Readline
• QT (QT4.8 is now supported)
• CBLAS
• LAPACK

Installation

$ git clone git://github.com/andresy/torch.git
$ cd torch
$ mkdir build
$ cd build

$ cmake .. 
OR
$ cmake .. -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/my/install/path

$make install

Running

$torch
Type help() for more info
Torch 7.0  Copyright (C) 2001-2011 Idiap, NEC Labs, NYU
Lua 5.1  Copyright (C) 1994-2008 Lua.org, PUC-Rio
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3rd Party Packages

Torch7 comes with a package manager based on Luarocks. With it it's easy to install new packages:

$ torch-rocks install image
$ torch-rocks list
$ torch-rocks search --all

Documentation

The full documentation is installed in /my/install/path/share/torch/html/index.html

Also, http://www.torch.ch/manual/index points to the latest documentation of Torch7.