How to uninstall a pear package?

Question

What is the command to uninstall a pear package?

Accepted Answer

```
pear uninstall [options] [channel/]<package>
```

So if you wanted to uninstall PHPUnit

```
pear uninstall phpunit/PHPUnit
```

Note: remember to preface with `sudo` or you won't have permission to uninstall anything.

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