How to uninstall or remove eclipse-gef software package from Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak)

How to uninstall or remove eclipse-gef software package from Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak)

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

$ sudo apt-get remove eclipse-gef 

Uninstall eclipse-gef including dependent package

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

$ sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove eclipse-gef 
Use Purging eclipse-gef

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

$ sudo apt-get purge eclipse-gef 

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 eclipse-gef 

See Also,

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