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

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

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

$ sudo apt-get remove nikto 

Uninstall nikto including dependent package

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

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

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

$ sudo apt-get purge nikto 

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 nikto 

See Also,

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