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

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

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

$ sudo apt-get remove dropbear 

Uninstall dropbear including dependent package

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

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

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

$ sudo apt-get purge dropbear 

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 dropbear 

See Also,

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