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

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

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

$ sudo apt-get remove bamtools 

Uninstall bamtools including dependent package

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

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

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

$ sudo apt-get purge bamtools 

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 bamtools 

See Also,

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