Ubuntu-Debian uninstall software packages
There are few ways that can be used to uninstall software packages. Today in this article we will see few approaches of uninstalling software packages on Ubuntu or Debian.
Command 1
sudo apt-get remove <Package name>
If you installed the software via the package manager, you can very much use the above command.
Example
sudo apt-get remove libwww-perl
Command 2
sudo apt-get autoremove <Package name>Example
sudo apt-get autoremove libwww-perl
Command 3
sudo apt-get purge <package-name>Example
sudo apt-get purge libwww-perl
The above command removes the package and all related packages AND configuration files.
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