How to uninstall or remove libexpat1 software package from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

How to uninstall or remove libexpat1 software package from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

You can uninstall or removes an installed libexpat1 package itself from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) through the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get remove libexpat1 

Uninstall libexpat1 including dependent package

If you would like to remove libexpat1 and it's dependent packages which are no longer needed from Ubuntu,

$ sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove libexpat1 
Use Purging libexpat1

If you use with purge options to libexpat1 package all the configuration and dependent packages will be removed.

$ sudo apt-get purge libexpat1 

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 libexpat1 

See Also,

How to install libexpat1 software package from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) ?