How to uninstall or remove ceilometer-common software package from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

You can uninstall or removes an installed ceilometer-common package itself from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) through the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get remove ceilometer-common

Uninstall ceilometer-common including dependent package

If you would like to remove ceilometer-common and it's dependent packages which are no longer needed from Ubuntu,

$ sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove ceilometer-common

Use Purging ceilometer-common

If you use with purge options to ceilometer-common package all the configuration and dependent packages will be removed.

$ sudo apt-get purge ceilometer-common

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 ceilometer-common