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I am asking to install a package B that is replacing (and conflicting with) another package A. In order to do it without user input, in yum I use --allowerasing. Is there an option like that for zypper? The user is getting this message from zypper:

Resolving package dependencies... Problem: the to be installed B-some-version.x86_64 conflicts with 'A' provided by the installed A-some-other-version.x86_64 Solution 1: deinstallation of A-some-other-version.x86_64 Solution 2: do not install B-some-version.x86_64 Choose from above solutions by number or cancel [1/2/c/d/?] (c):

I tried with --force which made no difference and I want it to go with option 1.

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Apparently these two options work together so that there's no user input requested:

zypper install --force-resolution -y package_name

The -y (or --no-confirm) enables non interactive mode, answering "yes" to every prompt. The --force-resolution (or -R) tells zypper to automatically make a choice to resolve questions.

Take that with a grain of salt... It works for my specific packages considering their dependencies/conflicts, but it might work differently in other scenarios.

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