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

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

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

$ sudo apt-get remove ethtool 

Uninstall ethtool including dependent package

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

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

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

$ sudo apt-get purge ethtool 

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 ethtool 

See Also,

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