How to uninstall or remove libinventor1 software package from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

You can uninstall or removes an installed libinventor1 package itself from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) through the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get remove libinventor1

Uninstall libinventor1 including dependent package

If you would like to remove libinventor1 and it's dependent packages which are no longer needed from Ubuntu,

$ sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove libinventor1

Use Purging libinventor1

If you use with purge options to libinventor1 package all the configuration and dependent packages will be removed.

$ sudo apt-get purge libinventor1

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 libinventor1