How to run MNIST CNN example for a newbie?

[Tim Molter]

Hello,

I'm interested in learning Torch7, and I'd like to be able to install Torch on MacOS and quickly run a CNN MNIST example. I found one lua script that looks promising here: https://github.com/nicholas-leonard/dp/blob/master/examples/convolutionneuralnetwork.lua

How do I run i though?

In TensorFlow it was as simple as:

brew install git
brew install python3
pip3 install --upgrade tensorflow
pip3 install --upgrade matplotlib
cd ~/MNIST
git clone g...@github.com:martin-gorner/tensorflow-mnist-tutorial.git
cd tensorflow-mnist-tutorial
python3 mnist_3.1_convolutional_bigger_dropout.py

How would I do this in Torch? I googled for about an hour and didn't find any clear examples or tutorials.