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

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

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

$ sudo apt-get remove luarocks 

Uninstall luarocks including dependent package

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

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

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

$ sudo apt-get purge luarocks 

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 luarocks 

See Also,

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