How to uninstall or remove libgcrypt20 software package from Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak)

How to uninstall or remove libgcrypt20 software package from Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak)

You can uninstall or removes an installed libgcrypt20 package itself from Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak) through the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get remove libgcrypt20 

Uninstall libgcrypt20 including dependent package

If you would like to remove libgcrypt20 and it's dependent packages which are no longer needed from Ubuntu,

$ sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove libgcrypt20 
Use Purging libgcrypt20

If you use with purge options to libgcrypt20 package all the configuration and dependent packages will be removed.

$ sudo apt-get purge libgcrypt20 

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 libgcrypt20 

See Also,

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