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

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

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

$ sudo apt-get remove kcollectd 

Uninstall kcollectd including dependent package

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

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

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

$ sudo apt-get purge kcollectd 

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 kcollectd 

See Also,

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