How to uninstall or remove acpi-support software package from Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak)

How to uninstall or remove acpi-support software package from Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak)

You can uninstall or removes an installed acpi-support package itself from Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak) through the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get remove acpi-support 

Uninstall acpi-support including dependent package

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

$ sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove acpi-support 
Use Purging acpi-support

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

$ sudo apt-get purge acpi-support 

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 acpi-support 

See Also,

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