unable to uninstall R package in centos

[harish1805]

Hi Friends,

I am trying to uninstall R package in centos. I have tried

Code:
sudo rpm -e R.x86_64
>error: %preun(R-2.13.0-2.el6.rf.x86_64) scriptlet failed, exit status 1

sudo yum remove R
>Failed:
R.x86_64 0:2.13.0-2.el6.rf

R
>R version 3.1.0 (2014-04-10) -- "Spring Dance"
Copyright © 2014 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing
Platform: x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu (64-bit)

R is free software and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
You are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions.
Type 'license()' or 'licence()' for distribution details.
Iam unable to uninstall R its failing when i try with yum and rpm, later when i try R again it runs R as above. Please help how to uninstall R completely in centos.

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[AWS]

Have you tried to reinstall R and then remove it?

I have seen that work with other packages. Sometimes the first install misses some dependencies which causes an uninstall to fail.