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

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

$ sudo apt-get remove libxcrypt-dev

Uninstall libxcrypt-dev including dependent package

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

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

Use Purging libxcrypt-dev

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

$ sudo apt-get purge libxcrypt-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 libxcrypt-dev