in reply to trouble installing Device::USB

Can't locate Inline/MakeMaker.pm in @INC

The 'perl Makefile.PL' step would have warned you that Inline is needed and can't be found.
It pays to look for this type of warning in the 'perl Makefile.PL' output, and take action to fix the problem.

I think that, with the automated CPAN.pm installation procedure, this type of shortcoming is attended to automatically, but when you do it manually, you need to attend to it yourself.

Cheers,
Rob