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

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

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

$ sudo apt-get remove ninja-build 

Uninstall ninja-build including dependent package

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

$ sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove ninja-build 
Use Purging ninja-build

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

$ sudo apt-get purge ninja-build 

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 ninja-build 

See Also,

How to install ninja-build software package from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)?