--- a/src/opkg-cl.c
+++ b/src/opkg-cl.c
@@ -255,6 +255,10 @@ static int args_parse(int argc, char *argv[])
 		}
 	}
 
+	conf->force_depends = 1;
+	conf->force_checksum = 1;
+	conf->force_overwrite = 1;
+
 	if (!conf->conf_file && !conf->offline_root)
 		conf->conf_file = xstrdup("/etc/opkg.conf");