Uninstall Eclipse

Question

I'm trying to uninstall eclipse IDE, when I run

sudo apt-get autoremove eclipse*

I get

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package eclipse-workspace

Could anyone help me to uninstall eclipse?

Thanks.

Answer 1

apt-get autoremove eclipse works if you have installed the application through apt package manager.

By your comments you seem to have downloaded the eclipse package and extracted it in the home directory (Manual Installation).
In this case you can directly delete the eclipse folder set in your directory.

sudo rm -rf ~/eclipse

Things to keep in mind for custom install

• If you have set eclipse for command line using a symlink in bin folder you will need to remove it manually. eg:

  sudo rm /usr/local/bin/eclipse
  

• If you created a desktop shortcut file you will have to delete it separately.

Answer 2

There are two methods to install eclipse

1: By downloading form website and extracting and operating without involving registries.

2: From the Terminal by entering sudo apt-get install eclipse

If you have installed it using the first method then you have to manually remove the directory where you installed Eclipse. Which Include the Eclipse workspace and Eclipse Directory.

And if you have installed it using the Terminal method. Then the best method will be to first install synaptic package manager by typing sudo apt-get install synaptic afterward opening synaptic search Eclipse and the Packages will appear. The one with the green box are installed right click on them and select complete removal. Do this for all remaining packages and apply. It will completely remove the eclipse form the system.

• Have a good day.