are you using root user to install? if not, the user got write permission to the /var/lib/? Any ways, the meaning for "rpm -force" is... (you may be already aware of this, as you used this,.. i copy this info here for future readers).... --force: The Big Hammer Adding --force to an install command is a way of saying "Install it anyway!" In essence, it adds --replacepkgs and --replacefiles to the command. Like a big hammer, --force is an irresistible force that makes things happen. In fact, the only thing that will prevent a --force'ed install from proceeding is a dependency conflict. And like a big hammer, it pays to fully understand why you need to use --force before actually using it. http://ftp.rpm.org/max-rpm/s1-rpm-install-additional-options.html#:~:text=The%20%2D%2Dreplacepkgs%20option%20is,needs%20to%20be%20fixed%20up.&text=Much%20better.,a%20new%20copy%20of%20itself.
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