How to uninstall or remove getmail4 software package from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

How to uninstall or remove getmail4 software package from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

You can uninstall or removes an installed getmail4 package itself from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) through the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get remove getmail4 

Uninstall getmail4 including dependent package

If you would like to remove getmail4 and it's dependent packages which are no longer needed from Ubuntu,

$ sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove getmail4 
Use Purging getmail4

If you use with purge options to getmail4 package all the configuration and dependent packages will be removed.

$ sudo apt-get purge getmail4 

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 getmail4 

See Also,

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