How to uninstall or remove gmerlin-encoders-ffmpeg software package from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

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

$ sudo apt-get remove gmerlin-encoders-ffmpeg

Uninstall gmerlin-encoders-ffmpeg including dependent package

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

$ sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove gmerlin-encoders-ffmpeg

Use Purging gmerlin-encoders-ffmpeg

If you use with purge options to gmerlin-encoders-ffmpeg package all the configuration and dependent packages will be removed.

$ sudo apt-get purge gmerlin-encoders-ffmpeg

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 gmerlin-encoders-ffmpeg