Use a opção - excludepath = , por exemplo, se você tiver esse tipo de erro:
$ sudo rpm -i chromium-27.0.1453.110-202711.x86_64.rpm
error: unpacking of archive failed on file /usr/share/applications/chromium-devel.desktop;569df493: cpio: open failed - Permission denied
você pode usar a opção assim:
$ sudo rpm -i chromium-27.0.1453.110-202711.x86_64.rpm --excludepath=/usr/share/applications/chromium-devel.desktop
# works ok