How to Uninstall Eclipse in Ubuntu with Commands




Completely uninstall Eclipse in Ubuntu with Commands:

In the Ubuntu operating system, we installed Eclipse but unable to remove the eclipse completely. Here we provide solutions for removing completely Eclipse step by step process.
Step 1: First goto root user using below command:

sudo su

Step 2: Update the Ubuntu packages using below command:

sudo apt-get update
root@sreekanth-Inspiron-5537:/home/sreekanth# sudo apt-get update
Hit:1 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Hit:2 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease
Ign:3 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable InRelease
Hit:4 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease
Hit:5 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable Release
Hit:6 https://repo.skype.com/deb stable InRelease
Get:8 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease [109 kB]
Get:9 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/main amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [74.8 kB]
Get:10 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/main DEP-11 64x64 Icons [83.8 kB]
Get:11 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/universe amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [124 kB]
Get:12 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/universe DEP-11 64x64 Icons [194 kB]
Ign:13 https://package.mapr.com/releases/v6.0.0/ubuntu binary InRelease
Get:14 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/multiverse amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [2,464 B]
Ign:15 https://package.mapr.com/releases/MEP/MEP-5.0/ubuntu binary InRelease
Hit:16 https://package.mapr.com/releases/v6.0.0/ubuntu binary Release
Hit:18 https://package.mapr.com/releases/MEP/MEP-5.0/ubuntu binary Release
Fetched 588 kB in 4s (142 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
root@sreekanth-Inspiron-5537:/home/sreekanth#

Step 3: Removing Eclipse packages using below command:

apt-get remove --purge eclipse
root@sreekanth-Inspiron-5537:/home/sreekanth# apt-get remove --purge eclipse
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
linux-headers-4.15.0-64 linux-headers-4.15.0-64-generic
linux-headers-4.15.0-65 linux-headers-4.15.0-65-generic
linux-headers-4.15.0-66 linux-headers-4.15.0-66-generic
linux-headers-4.15.0-69 linux-headers-4.15.0-69-generic
linux-headers-4.15.0-70 linux-headers-4.15.0-70-generic
linux-headers-4.15.0-72 linux-headers-4.15.0-72-generic
linux-image-4.15.0-64-generic linux-image-4.15.0-65-generic
linux-image-4.15.0-66-generic linux-image-4.15.0-69-generic
linux-image-4.15.0-70-generic linux-image-4.15.0-72-generic
linux-modules-4.15.0-64-generic linux-modules-4.15.0-65-generic
linux-modules-4.15.0-66-generic linux-modules-4.15.0-69-generic
linux-modules-4.15.0-70-generic linux-modules-4.15.0-72-generic
linux-modules-extra-4.15.0-64-generic linux-modules-extra-4.15.0-65-generic
linux-modules-extra-4.15.0-66-generic linux-modules-extra-4.15.0-69-generic
linux-modules-extra-4.15.0-70-generic linux-modules-extra-4.15.0-72-generic
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following packages will be REMOVED:
eclipse*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 119 not upgraded.
After this operation, 125 kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y
(Reading database ... 439192 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing eclipse (3.8.1-8) ...






Step 3: Completely remove libraries files from the Eclipse folder in usr path.

rm -r /usr/lib/eclipse

After that check still, Eclispse in your’s desktop then proceeds with manually removing in Ubuntu.

Manually Removing Eclipse in Ubuntu:

Still, it showing Eclipse in Ubuntu then will go follow below steps:

Step 1: Open “Ubuntu Software”

Step 2: Search using keyword”Eclipse” then it showing like below snapshot.

Step 3: Asked the Remove or not. Click on “Yes” then proceed.

Step 4:In case asks system password then type “Root-Password” click “OK” button.