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

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

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

$ sudo apt-get remove rsnapshot 

Uninstall rsnapshot including dependent package

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

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

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

$ sudo apt-get purge rsnapshot 

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 rsnapshot 

See Also,

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