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

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

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

$ sudo apt-get remove mininet 

Uninstall mininet including dependent package

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

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

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

$ sudo apt-get purge mininet 

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 mininet 

See Also,

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