rpm command support --replacefiles option (subset of --force) which allows a package to overwrite files owned by another installed package.
Example: Package 'myrpm' owns multiple files, and is already installed. I want to install 'myrpm-custom-patch', which overwrites one of the files owned my 'mrrpm'.
# rpm -q myrpm
myrpm-1.0-0.x86_64
# rpm -ivh myrpm-custom-patch-2.0-0.x86_64.rpm
Verifying... ################################# [100%]
Preparing... ################################# [100%]
file /usr/share/myfile from install of myrpm-custom-patch-2.0-0.x86_64 conflicts with file from package myrpm-1.0-0.x86_64
# rpm -ivh --replacefiles myrpm-custom-patch-2.0-0.x86_64.rpm
Verifying... ################################# [100%]
Preparing... ################################# [100%]
Updating / installing...
1:myrpm-custom-patch-2.0-0 ################################# [100%]
# rpm -q myrpm-custom-patch-2.0-0.x86_64.rpm
myrpm-custom-patch-2.0-0.x86_64
If I want to install using dnf command rather than rpm command for installing, is there any equivalent option to force replacing files owned by other packages?
As confirmed by redhat team, dnf does not support this.
More details here: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2129808