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

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

$ sudo apt-get remove libmotif-dev

Uninstall libmotif-dev including dependent package

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

$ sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove libmotif-dev

Use Purging libmotif-dev

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

$ sudo apt-get purge libmotif-dev

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 libmotif-dev