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

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

$ sudo apt-get remove libproperties-cpp-dev

Uninstall libproperties-cpp-dev including dependent package

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

$ sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove libproperties-cpp-dev

Use Purging libproperties-cpp-dev

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

$ sudo apt-get purge libproperties-cpp-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 libproperties-cpp-dev