How to uninstall or remove hplip software package from Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak)

How to uninstall or remove hplip software package from Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak)

You can uninstall or removes an installed hplip package itself from Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak) through the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get remove hplip 

Uninstall hplip including dependent package

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

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

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

$ sudo apt-get purge hplip 

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 hplip 

See Also,

How to install hplip software package from Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak)?