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

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

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

$ sudo apt-get remove cabal-install 

Uninstall cabal-install including dependent package

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

$ sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove cabal-install 
Use Purging cabal-install

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

$ sudo apt-get purge cabal-install 

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 cabal-install 

See Also,

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