> If packages > were downloaded in advance, libzypp/zypper and their dependencies should be > below /var/cache/zypp/packages and could be installed with rpm. OK, that seemed to work: > cd /var/cache/zypp/packages > rpm -Uhv ./download.opensuse.org-oss/x86_64/libzypp-17.31.28-1.5.x86_64.rpm ./download.opensuse.org-oss/x86_64/zypper-1.14.68-1.3.x86_64.rpm ./download.opensuse.org-oss/x86_64/libzypp-devel-17.31.28-1.5.x86_64.rpm ./download.opensuse.org-oss/x86_64/libsolv-devel-0.7.28-1.3.x86_64.rpm ./download.opensuse.org-oss/x86_64/libsolv-tools-0.7.28-1.3.x86_64.rpm -> zypper works again Now executing another zypper dup (without -y')