# using zypper to ignore architecture difference

**URL:** <https://forums.suse.com/t/using-zypper-to-ignore-architecture-difference/34740>\
**Category:** SLES Configure-Administer\
**Created:** [January 29, 2020, 9:29pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/using-zypper-to-ignore-architecture-difference/34740 "2020-01-29T21:29:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![julianrogan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3be4f8/32.png) [@julianrogan](https://forums.suse.com/u/julianrogan)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2020, 9:29pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/using-zypper-to-ignore-architecture-difference/34740/1 "2020-01-29T21:29:29Z")

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Is there a way to get zypper to do the equivalent of --ignoreos in rpm. All I can see -f which also ignores the version checks which I don’t want

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**Author:** ![malcolmlewis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/malcolmlewis/32/11375_2.png) [@malcolmlewis](https://forums.suse.com/u/malcolmlewis)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2020, 10:29pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/using-zypper-to-ignore-architecture-difference/34740/2 "2020-01-29T22:29:11Z")

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> [@julianrogan;59332](#):
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> Is there a way to get zypper to do the equivalent of --ignoreos in rpm. All I can see -f which also ignores the version checks which I don’t want

Hi  
Not that I’m aware of, that’s not even a recommended rpm command… you can still use rpm to install? What is the end game, if you want to inspect the rpm, archive manager or cpio will extract it?