How to uninstall or remove mpeg2dec software package from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

How to uninstall or remove mpeg2dec software package from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

You can uninstall or removes an installed mpeg2dec package itself from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) through the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get remove mpeg2dec 

Uninstall mpeg2dec including dependent package

If you would like to remove mpeg2dec and it's dependent packages which are no longer needed from Ubuntu,

$ sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove mpeg2dec 
Use Purging mpeg2dec

If you use with purge options to mpeg2dec package all the configuration and dependent packages will be removed.

$ sudo apt-get purge mpeg2dec 

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 mpeg2dec 

See Also,

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