How to uninstall or remove i3lock software package from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

How to uninstall or remove i3lock software package from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

You can uninstall or removes an installed i3lock package itself from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) through the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get remove i3lock 

Uninstall i3lock including dependent package

If you would like to remove i3lock and it's dependent packages which are no longer needed from Ubuntu,

$ sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove i3lock 
Use Purging i3lock

If you use with purge options to i3lock package all the configuration and dependent packages will be removed.

$ sudo apt-get purge i3lock 

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 i3lock 

See Also,

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