How to uninstall or remove bind9-host software package from Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak)

How to uninstall or remove bind9-host software package from Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak)

You can uninstall or removes an installed bind9-host package itself from Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak) through the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get remove bind9-host 

Uninstall bind9-host including dependent package

If you would like to remove bind9-host and it's dependent packages which are no longer needed from Ubuntu,

$ sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove bind9-host 
Use Purging bind9-host

If you use with purge options to bind9-host package all the configuration and dependent packages will be removed.

$ sudo apt-get purge bind9-host 

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 bind9-host 

See Also,

How to install bind9-host software package from Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak)?