How to uninstall or remove libpng3 software package from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

How to uninstall or remove libpng3 software package from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

You can uninstall or removes an installed libpng3 package itself from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) through the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get remove libpng3 

Uninstall libpng3 including dependent package

If you would like to remove libpng3 and it's dependent packages which are no longer needed from Ubuntu,

$ sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove libpng3 
Use Purging libpng3

If you use with purge options to libpng3 package all the configuration and dependent packages will be removed.

$ sudo apt-get purge libpng3 

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 libpng3 

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