How to uninstall or remove netsniff-ng software package from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

How to uninstall or remove netsniff-ng software package from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

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

$ sudo apt-get remove netsniff-ng 

Uninstall netsniff-ng including dependent package

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

$ sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove netsniff-ng 
Use Purging netsniff-ng

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

$ sudo apt-get purge netsniff-ng 

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 netsniff-ng 

See Also,

How to install netsniff-ng software package from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)?