How to uninstall or remove docbook5-xml software package from Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak)

How to uninstall or remove docbook5-xml software package from Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak)

You can uninstall or removes an installed docbook5-xml package itself from Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak) through the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get remove docbook5-xml 

Uninstall docbook5-xml including dependent package

If you would like to remove docbook5-xml and it's dependent packages which are no longer needed from Ubuntu,

$ sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove docbook5-xml 
Use Purging docbook5-xml

If you use with purge options to docbook5-xml package all the configuration and dependent packages will be removed.

$ sudo apt-get purge docbook5-xml 

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 docbook5-xml 

See Also,

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