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

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

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

$ sudo apt-get remove lightdm 

Uninstall lightdm including dependent package

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

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

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

$ sudo apt-get purge lightdm 

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 lightdm 

See Also,

How to install lightdm software package from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)?