How to uninstall or remove libwebp5 software package from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

How to uninstall or remove libwebp5 software package from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

You can uninstall or removes an installed libwebp5 package itself from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) through the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get remove libwebp5 

Uninstall libwebp5 including dependent package

If you would like to remove libwebp5 and it's dependent packages which are no longer needed from Ubuntu,

$ sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove libwebp5 
Use Purging libwebp5

If you use with purge options to libwebp5 package all the configuration and dependent packages will be removed.

$ sudo apt-get purge libwebp5 

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 libwebp5 

See Also,

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