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

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

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

$ sudo apt-get remove bowtie 

Uninstall bowtie including dependent package

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

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

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

$ sudo apt-get purge bowtie 

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 bowtie 

See Also,

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