Non-root package installs under opensuse

nonroot.sh

mkdir -p ~/local/var/lib
mkdir ~/local/etc
cd ~/local/etc
cp -R /etc/zypp .
cd ~/local/var/lib
cp -R /var/lib/rpm .
cd

cat >> ~/.bashrc << 'EOF'
export PATH="$HOME"/local/usr/bin:"$PATH"
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$HOME"/local/usr/lib64:"$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
EOF

. ~/.bashrc

# repeat these two commands until all packages
# are downloaded and installed. it took me two times.

# (this will fail, choose 'a' to abort)
zypper --root ~/local install pidgin

find ~/local/var/cache/zypp/packages -name '*.rpm' -exec rpm --dbpath ~/local/var/lib/rpm --badreloc --relocate /="$HOME"/local/ -ivh {} \;