How to uninstall or remove etckeeper software package from Debian 7 (Wheezy)

How to uninstall or remove etckeeper software package from Debian 7 (Wheezy)

You can uninstall or removes an installed etckeeper package itself from Debian 7 (Wheezy) through the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get remove etckeeper 

Uninstall etckeeper including dependent package

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

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

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

$ sudo apt-get purge etckeeper 

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 etckeeper 

See Also,

How to install etckeeper software package from Debian 7 (Wheezy)?