Add a Linux/openSUSE FAQ about 'zypper install' not working

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Assessment

Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
65/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
linux
Domain
documentation, operating-systems

Research direction

Find the existing installation or Linux FAQ entry in the user documentation and review the linked issue and openSUSE forum context first. Add the reported zypper error and the three provided workaround steps; it is done when openSUSE users can follow the FAQ to install the RPM successfully.

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Description

Refs https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/10603

Sometimes when you are on an openSUSE Linux system and try to install Jabref RPM with zypper install jabref-...rpm you get this error Problem reading the RPM header of JabRef-....rpm. Is it an RPM file? No valid arguments specified

The error can be fixed by following these instructions:

  1. Create a directory for RPMs .e.g. ~/.rpm.
  2. Add the directory as a repository.
  3. Try again the installation from inside the directory that you created.

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