Unistall Eclipse installed in /opt
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I tried multiple methods none of which removed the eclipse installation in /opt. So finally I manually removed the folder
aniket@aniket-Compaq-610:~$ cd /opt
aniket@aniket-Compaq-610:/opt$ sudo rm -rf eclipse
Doing this will uninstall eclipse. But it will still appear in the unity search. To remove it from search as well delete eclipse.desktop file from /usr/share/applications
aniket@aniket-Compaq-610:~$ cd /usr/share/applications/
aniket@aniket-Compaq-610:/usr/share/applications$ sudo rm eclipse.desktop
If you want to remove your existing eclipse settings execute
rm -rf ~/.eclipse/
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Andrei Ivanov
Updated on September 18, 2022Comments
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Andrei Ivanov over 1 year
I need Java Eclipse, but accidentally installed the C++ one using the steps from here Installing Eclipse Kepler
How do I actually remove the C++ one completely? I tried just removing the files from /opt ,removing the symbolic link and installing the Java over but the C++ still comes up when i call eclipse?
Any help? Thanks