Permission denied during rpm installation

[Deepak Shrestha]

> > that exactly what I did before
> >
> > $ rpm -q kernel-module-ntfs gave me
> > package kernel-module-ntfs is not installed
> >
> > snow I tried
> >
> > $ rpm -qa | grep -i ntfs which gave me
> > kernel-module-ntfs-2.6.17-1.2157_FC5-2.1.27-0.rr.10.5
> >
> > now I tried to remove the package
> > $ rpm -e kernel-module-ntfs gave me
> > error: package kernel-module-ntfs is not installed
> >
> > I had to try
> > $ rpm -e kernel-module-ntfs-2.6.17-1.2157_FC5-2.1.27-0.rr.10.5
> >
> > to remove it
> >
> > why is that so? usually it should be suffifcient to provide the name
> > like "kernel-module-ntfs" only, why whole pacakge name including
> > version?
>
> Kernel modules are special: you often want to have multiple versions
> installed, one per installed kernel. Including the kernel
> version/release in the module's package name means that rpm/yum won't
> try to remove older module packages for other kernels when you install a
> new one.
>
> So in this case, the package *name* is
> kernel-module-ntfs-2.6.17-1.2157_FC5, the package version is 2.1.27 and
> the release is 0.rr.10.5.
>
> Paul.
>

Thanks,  something learned. Well  I  its just a transient problem. :-)

Thanks to all !