Uninstall a package via command line
There are actually three different commands that can be used to remove a package from Ubuntu. Two of those are apt and apt-get, and the other one is dpkg. Opting to use apt for removing packages is the most recommended approach, but for the sake of completeness, we'll cover all methods.
- First, you'll need to know the name of the package you want to remove. Use one of the commands below to get a list of all the packages on your system. Pipe to grep if you have some idea of how the package might be named.
$ apt --installed OR $ dpkg -l
- Once you have the name of the package, use apt or one of the other commands to remove it.
$ sudo apt remove packag