How to uninstall or remove libcap2 software package from Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak)

How to uninstall or remove libcap2 software package from Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak)

You can uninstall or removes an installed libcap2 package itself from Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak) through the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get remove libcap2 

Uninstall libcap2 including dependent package

If you would like to remove libcap2 and it's dependent packages which are no longer needed from Ubuntu,

$ sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove libcap2 
Use Purging libcap2

If you use with purge options to libcap2 package all the configuration and dependent packages will be removed.

$ sudo apt-get purge libcap2 

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 libcap2 

See Also,

How to install libcap2 software package from Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak)?