How to uninstall or remove freeipmi-ipmidetect software package from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

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

$ sudo apt-get remove freeipmi-ipmidetect

Uninstall freeipmi-ipmidetect including dependent package

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

$ sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove freeipmi-ipmidetect

Use Purging freeipmi-ipmidetect

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

$ sudo apt-get purge freeipmi-ipmidetect

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 freeipmi-ipmidetect