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

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

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

$ sudo apt-get remove eclipse 

Uninstall eclipse including dependent package

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

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

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

$ sudo apt-get purge eclipse 

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 

See Also,

How to install eclipse software package from Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak)?