How to uninstall or remove clamav software package from Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak)

How to uninstall or remove clamav software package from Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak)

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

$ sudo apt-get remove clamav 

Uninstall clamav including dependent package

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

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

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

$ sudo apt-get purge clamav 

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 clamav 

See Also,

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