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+# remove the ceph directories
+sudo rm -rf /var/log/ceph
+sudo rm -rf /var/lib/ceph
+sudo rm -rf /etc/ceph
+sudo rm -rf /var/run/ceph
+# remove the ceph packages
+sudo apt-get -y purge ceph
+sudo apt-get -y purge ceph-dbg
+sudo apt-get -y purge ceph-mds
+sudo apt-get -y purge ceph-mds-dbg
+sudo apt-get -y purge ceph-fuse
+sudo apt-get -y purge ceph-fuse-dbg
+sudo apt-get -y purge ceph-common
+sudo apt-get -y purge ceph-common-dbg
+sudo apt-get -y purge ceph-resource-agents
+sudo apt-get -y purge librados2
+sudo apt-get -y purge librados2-dbg
+sudo apt-get -y purge librados-dev
+sudo apt-get -y purge librbd1
+sudo apt-get -y purge librbd1-dbg
+sudo apt-get -y purge librbd-dev
+sudo apt-get -y purge libcephfs2
+sudo apt-get -y purge libcephfs2-dbg
+sudo apt-get -y purge libcephfs-dev
+sudo apt-get -y purge radosgw
+sudo apt-get -y purge radosgw-dbg
+sudo apt-get -y purge obsync
+sudo apt-get -y purge python-rados
+sudo apt-get -y purge python-rbd
+sudo apt-get -y purge python-cephfs