How to uninstall or remove dctrl-tools software package from Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak)

How to uninstall or remove dctrl-tools software package from Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak)

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

$ sudo apt-get remove dctrl-tools 

Uninstall dctrl-tools including dependent package

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

$ sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove dctrl-tools 
Use Purging dctrl-tools

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

$ sudo apt-get purge dctrl-tools 

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 dctrl-tools 

See Also,

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