uninstall packages linux terminal
$ sudo apt-get --purge remove {PACKAGE_NAME}
Ian Selley
$ sudo apt-get --purge remove {PACKAGE_NAME}sudo apt-get remove <package name here>grep "YYYY-MM-DD.*.install " /var/log/dpkg.log | awk '{ print $4 }' | cut -d: -f1 | xargs sudo apt-get --yes purge
grep "2015-12-19.*.install " /var/log/dpkg.log | \
awk '{ print $4 }' | cut -d: -f1 | xargs sudo apt remove -y