How to fully remove a package?

Posted by user471011 on Ask Ubuntu See other posts from Ask Ubuntu or by user471011
Published on 2011-11-22T17:00:21Z Indexed on 2011/11/22 18:16 UTC
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I installed Eclipse via command apt-get install eclipse.

this command completed correct.

After this I run eclipse add some configurations: Added new url for "Available Software Sites".

On the next step I try removed Eclipse via apt-get remove eclipse.

and install eclipse again.

And here I see surprise: in new installed eclipse I see my old url for "Available Software Sites".

So, I guess, that configuration files not removed!

After this I tried different commands: something like this:

sudo dpkg -r eclipse

sudo apt-get --purge remove eclipse

sudo apt-get autoremove

but after I again install Eclipse I see my Url.

So, How I can fully remove eclipse with configuration files???

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