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

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

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

$ sudo apt-get remove bwa 

Uninstall bwa including dependent package

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

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

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

$ sudo apt-get purge bwa 

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 bwa 

See Also,

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