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

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

You can uninstall or removes an installed dselect package itself from Debian 7 (Wheezy) 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 Debian 7 (Wheezy)?