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

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

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

$ sudo apt-get remove libuv-dev 

Uninstall libuv-dev including dependent package

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

$ sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove libuv-dev 
Use Purging libuv-dev

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

$ sudo apt-get purge libuv-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 libuv-dev 

See Also,

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