How to uninstall or remove libappstream3 software package from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

You can uninstall or removes an installed libappstream3 package itself from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) through the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get remove libappstream3

Uninstall libappstream3 including dependent package

If you would like to remove libappstream3 and it's dependent packages which are no longer needed from Ubuntu,

$ sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove libappstream3

Use Purging libappstream3

If you use with purge options to libappstream3 package all the configuration and dependent packages will be removed.

$ sudo apt-get purge libappstream3

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 libappstream3