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How To Uninstall xz-utils on trusty
To uninstall xz-utils just follow these instructions.
Are you having problems? You can always remove xz-utils again by following the instructions at this link.
Uninstall just xz-utils
/ubuntu/trusty/main///install/index.html XZ-format compression utilities Ubuntu 14.04 LTS utils 5.1.1alpha+20120614-2ubuntu2
sudo apt-get remove xz-utils
Which will remove just the xz-utils package itself.
Uninstall xz-utils and its dependencies
sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove xz-utils
This will remove the xz-utils package and any other dependant packages which are no longer needed.
Purging your config/data too
If you also want to delete your local/config files for xz-utils then this will work.
Caution! Purged config/data can not be restored by reinstalling the package.
sudo apt-get purge xz-utils
Or similarly, like this xz-utils
sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove xz-utils
Package Data
| Package | xz-utils |
| Version | 5.1.1alpha+20120614-2ubuntu2 |
| Maintainer | Ubuntu Developers |
| Description | XZ-format compression utilities |
| Distro | ubuntu |
| Release | trusty |
| Repo | main |
| Section | utils |