How to uninstall or remove aptitude software package from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

How to uninstall or remove aptitude software package from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

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

$ sudo apt-get remove aptitude 

Uninstall aptitude including dependent package

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

$ sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove aptitude 
Use Purging aptitude

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

$ sudo apt-get purge aptitude 

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 aptitude 

See Also,

How to install aptitude software package from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) ?