Yum update on FC5 install new kernel but don't update grub.conf

[Paul Howarth]

Ambrogio wrote:
> Il giorno mar, 09/05/2006 alle 07.47 +0200, Ambrogio ha scritto:
> Ok, but noone talk about the first problem.
> 
> What is wrong is that
> rpm -ivh kernel-2.6.16-1.2111_FC5.x86_64.rpm
> kernel-devel-2.6.16-1.2111_FC5.x86_64.rpm
> Preparing...                ###########################################
> [100%]
>         package kernel-devel-2.6.16-1.2111_FC5 is already installed
>         package kernel-2.6.16-1.2111_FC5 is already installed
> 
> and 
> 
> rpm -e kernel-2.6.16-1.2111_FC5.x86_64.rpm
> kernel-devel-2.6.16-1.2111_FC5.x86_64.rpm
> error: package kernel-2.6.16-1.2111_FC5.x86_64.rpm is not installed
> error: package kernel-devel-2.6.16-1.2111_FC5.x86_64.rpm is not installed
> 
> no solution about that?
> I think is not a problem related to disk spaces because yum check for
> space requirement.
> 
> Maybe a rpm database's corruption.

No, it's user error.
"rpm -i" takes a FILENAME as argument - this you are doing correctly.
"rpm -e" takes a PACKAGE NAME as argument - you are giving a filename.

You have the packages already installed. To remove them:
# rpm -e kernel-2.6.16-1.2111_FC5.x86_64 
kernel-devel-2.6.16-1.2111_FC5.x86_64

> I can try with --force but I want to check other way before.

Never use --force or --nodeps unless you *really* know what you're doing.

Paul.