root@steve-desktop:~# cpan -fi Device::USB
CPAN: File::HomeDir loaded ok (v0.86)
CPAN: Storable loaded ok (v2.20)
Going to read '/home/steve/.cpan/Metadata'
  Database was generated on Tue, 03 May 2011 17:29:44 GMT
CPAN: YAML loaded ok (v0.72)
Going to read 35 yaml files from /home/steve/.cpan/build/
CPAN: Time::HiRes loaded ok (v1.9719)
.............................................................DONE
Restored the state of none (in 0.3931 secs)
Running install for module 'Device::USB'
Running make for G/GW/GWADEJ/Device-USB-0.35.tar.gz
  Has already been unwrapped into directory /home/steve/.cpan/build/Device-USB-0.35-M3qNzt
  '/usr/bin/perl Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=site' returned status 512, won't make
Running make test
  Make had some problems, won't test
Running make install
  Make had some problems, won't install
CPAN: Parse::CPAN::Meta loaded ok (v1.39)
Could not read metadata file. Falling back to other methods to determine prerequisites