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

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

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

$ sudo apt-get remove opensmtpd 

Uninstall opensmtpd including dependent package

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

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

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

$ sudo apt-get purge opensmtpd 

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 opensmtpd 

See Also,

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