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

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

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

$ sudo apt-get remove needrestart 

Uninstall needrestart including dependent package

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

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

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

$ sudo apt-get purge needrestart 

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 needrestart 

See Also,

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