How to uninstall or remove ceilometer-collector software package from Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak)

You can uninstall or removes an installed ceilometer-collector package itself from Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak) through the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get remove ceilometer-collector

Uninstall ceilometer-collector including dependent package

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

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

Use Purging ceilometer-collector

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

$ sudo apt-get purge ceilometer-collector

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-collector