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

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

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

$ sudo apt-get remove dselect 

Uninstall dselect including dependent package

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

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

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

$ sudo apt-get purge dselect 

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 dselect 

See Also,

How to install dselect software package from Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak)?