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

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

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

$ sudo apt-get remove hugepages 

Uninstall hugepages including dependent package

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

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

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

$ sudo apt-get purge hugepages 

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 hugepages 

See Also,

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