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

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

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

$ sudo apt-get remove patchutils 

Uninstall patchutils including dependent package

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

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

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

$ sudo apt-get purge patchutils 

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 patchutils 

See Also,

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