How to uninstall or remove cfengine3 software package from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

How to uninstall or remove cfengine3 software package from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

You can uninstall or removes an installed cfengine3 package itself from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) through the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get remove cfengine3 

Uninstall cfengine3 including dependent package

If you would like to remove cfengine3 and it's dependent packages which are no longer needed from Ubuntu,

$ sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove cfengine3 
Use Purging cfengine3

If you use with purge options to cfengine3 package all the configuration and dependent packages will be removed.

$ sudo apt-get purge cfengine3 

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 cfengine3 

See Also,

How to install cfengine3 software package from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) ?