How to uninstall or remove dhcpcd5 software package from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

How to uninstall or remove dhcpcd5 software package from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

You can uninstall or removes an installed dhcpcd5 package itself from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) through the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get remove dhcpcd5 

Uninstall dhcpcd5 including dependent package

If you would like to remove dhcpcd5 and it's dependent packages which are no longer needed from Ubuntu,

$ sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove dhcpcd5 
Use Purging dhcpcd5

If you use with purge options to dhcpcd5 package all the configuration and dependent packages will be removed.

$ sudo apt-get purge dhcpcd5 

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 dhcpcd5 

See Also,

How to install dhcpcd5 software package from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) ?