How to uninstall or remove hgview-common software package from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

How to uninstall or remove hgview-common software package from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

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

$ sudo apt-get remove hgview-common 

Uninstall hgview-common including dependent package

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

$ sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove hgview-common 
Use Purging hgview-common

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

$ sudo apt-get purge hgview-common 

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 hgview-common 

See Also,

How to install hgview-common software package from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)?