How to uninstall or remove libxext6 software package from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

How to uninstall or remove libxext6 software package from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

You can uninstall or removes an installed libxext6 package itself from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) through the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get remove libxext6 

Uninstall libxext6 including dependent package

If you would like to remove libxext6 and it's dependent packages which are no longer needed from Ubuntu,

$ sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove libxext6 
Use Purging libxext6

If you use with purge options to libxext6 package all the configuration and dependent packages will be removed.

$ sudo apt-get purge libxext6 

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 libxext6 

See Also,

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