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

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

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

$ sudo apt-get remove rkhunter 

Uninstall rkhunter including dependent package

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

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

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

$ sudo apt-get purge rkhunter 

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 rkhunter 

See Also,

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