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

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

$ sudo apt-get remove autofs-hesiod

Uninstall autofs-hesiod including dependent package

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

$ sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove autofs-hesiod

Use Purging autofs-hesiod

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

$ sudo apt-get purge autofs-hesiod

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 autofs-hesiod