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

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

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

$ sudo apt-get remove catkin 

Uninstall catkin including dependent package

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

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

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

$ sudo apt-get purge catkin 

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 catkin 

See Also,

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