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

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

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

$ sudo apt-get remove idlestat 

Uninstall idlestat including dependent package

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

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

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

$ sudo apt-get purge idlestat 

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 idlestat 

See Also,

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