How to uninstall or remove deborphan software package from Debian 7 (Wheezy)

How to uninstall or remove deborphan software package from Debian 7 (Wheezy)

You can uninstall or removes an installed deborphan package itself from Debian 7 (Wheezy) through the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get remove deborphan 

Uninstall deborphan including dependent package

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

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

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

$ sudo apt-get purge deborphan 

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 deborphan 

See Also,

How to install deborphan software package from Debian 7 (Wheezy)?