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

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

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

$ sudo apt-get remove dracut 

Uninstall dracut including dependent package

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

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

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

$ sudo apt-get purge dracut 

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 dracut 

See Also,

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