How to uninstall or remove kpatch-dkms software package from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

How to uninstall or remove kpatch-dkms software package from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

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

$ sudo apt-get remove kpatch-dkms 

Uninstall kpatch-dkms including dependent package

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

$ sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove kpatch-dkms 
Use Purging kpatch-dkms

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

$ sudo apt-get purge kpatch-dkms 

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 kpatch-dkms 

See Also,

How to install kpatch-dkms software package from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) ?