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

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

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

$ sudo apt-get remove etckeeper 

Uninstall etckeeper including dependent package

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

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

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

$ sudo apt-get purge etckeeper 

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 etckeeper 

See Also,

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