How to uninstall or remove distro-info-data software package from Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak)

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

$ sudo apt-get remove distro-info-data

Uninstall distro-info-data including dependent package

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

$ sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove distro-info-data

Use Purging distro-info-data

If you use with purge options to distro-info-data package all the configuration and dependent packages will be removed.

$ sudo apt-get purge distro-info-data

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 distro-info-data