How to uninstall or remove libdcmtk5 software package from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

How to uninstall or remove libdcmtk5 software package from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

You can uninstall or removes an installed libdcmtk5 package itself from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) through the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get remove libdcmtk5 

Uninstall libdcmtk5 including dependent package

If you would like to remove libdcmtk5 and it's dependent packages which are no longer needed from Ubuntu,

$ sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove libdcmtk5 
Use Purging libdcmtk5

If you use with purge options to libdcmtk5 package all the configuration and dependent packages will be removed.

$ sudo apt-get purge libdcmtk5 

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 libdcmtk5 

See Also,

How to install libdcmtk5 software package from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) ?