How to uninstall or remove ack-grep software package from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

How to uninstall or remove ack-grep software package from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

You can uninstall or removes an installed ack-grep package itself from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) through the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get remove ack-grep 

Uninstall ack-grep including dependent package

If you would like to remove ack-grep and it's dependent packages which are no longer needed from Ubuntu,

$ sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove ack-grep 
Use Purging ack-grep

If you use with purge options to ack-grep package all the configuration and dependent packages will be removed.

$ sudo apt-get purge ack-grep 

If you use purge options along with auto remove, will be removed everything regarding the package, It's really useful when you want to reinstall again.

$ sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove ack-grep 

See Also,

How to install ack-grep software package from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) ?