How do I force a package to install with RPM?

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To force an installation against a package manager's will is often a very questionable idea. A package manager's job is to guarantee perfect system integrity at all times and the use of force should normally not be necessary. Nearly all packaging systems use some form of dependency checking to ensure that each program on the system will have everything it needs (in terms of software) to work.<...>

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