How to uninstall or remove gscan2pdf software package from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

How to uninstall or remove gscan2pdf software package from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

You can uninstall or removes an installed gscan2pdf package itself from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) through the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get remove gscan2pdf 

Uninstall gscan2pdf including dependent package

If you would like to remove gscan2pdf and it's dependent packages which are no longer needed from Ubuntu,

$ sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove gscan2pdf 
Use Purging gscan2pdf

If you use with purge options to gscan2pdf package all the configuration and dependent packages will be removed.

$ sudo apt-get purge gscan2pdf 

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 gscan2pdf 

See Also,

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