How to uninstall or remove cruft software package from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

How to uninstall or remove cruft software package from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

You can uninstall or removes an installed cruft package itself from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) through the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get remove cruft 

Uninstall cruft including dependent package

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

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

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

$ sudo apt-get purge cruft 

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 cruft 

See Also,

How to install cruft software package from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)?