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

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

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

$ sudo apt-get remove rdesktop 

Uninstall rdesktop including dependent package

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

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

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

$ sudo apt-get purge rdesktop 

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 rdesktop 

See Also,

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