How to uninstall or remove libjpeg8 software package from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

How to uninstall or remove libjpeg8 software package from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

You can uninstall or removes an installed libjpeg8 package itself from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) through the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get remove libjpeg8 

Uninstall libjpeg8 including dependent package

If you would like to remove libjpeg8 and it's dependent packages which are no longer needed from Ubuntu,

$ sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove libjpeg8 
Use Purging libjpeg8

If you use with purge options to libjpeg8 package all the configuration and dependent packages will be removed.

$ sudo apt-get purge libjpeg8 

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 libjpeg8 

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