SCons is a software construction tool that is designed to be a replacement for traditional build systems such as make. It is a Python-based build tool that uses Python scripts (called “SConstruct” and “SConscript” files) to describe the build process for a software project.
To install SCons on Ubuntu, you will need to have Python installed on your system. SCons is written in Python and requires Python to be installed to run.
Uninstalling scons package from Ubuntu
You can uninstall scons package itself from Ubuntuthrough the terminal:
$ sudo apt-get remove scons
Uninstall scons including dependent package
If you would like to remove scons and it’s dependent packages which are no longer needed, use the below command to remove the scons package:
$ sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove scons
Use Purging scons
If you use with purge options to scons package all the configuration and dependent packages will be removed.
$ sudo apt-get purge scons
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 scons