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in thread trouble installing Device::USB

The reinstalls seemed to go OK.
.
In response to:
-fi Device::USB
I get:
Unknown shell command '-fi'. Type ? for help.
Trying '-fix', 'cpan -fi' and 'cpan -fix' all get the "Unknown shell command" response.

In response to:
cpan> ?
I get:
cpan shell -- CPAN exploration and modules installation (v1.9402) Enter 'h' for help. Display Information (ve +r 1.9402) command argument description a,b,d,m WORD or /REGEXP/ about authors, bundles, distributions, mod +ules i WORD or /REGEXP/ about any of the above ls AUTHOR or GLOB about files in the author's directory (with WORD being a module, bundle or author name or a distribution name of the form AUTHOR/DISTRIBUTION) Download, Test, Make, Install... get download clean make clean make make (implies get) look open subshell in dist +directory test make test (implies make) readme display these README f +iles install make install (implies test) perldoc display POD documentat +ion Upgrade r WORDs or /REGEXP/ or NONE report updates for some/matchin +g/all modules upgrade WORDs or /REGEXP/ or NONE upgrade some/matching/all modul +es Pragmas force CMD try hard to do command fforce CMD try harder notest CMD skip testing Other h,? display this menu ! perl-code eval a perl comma +nd o conf [opt] set and query options q quit the cpan she +ll reload cpan load CPAN.pm again reload index load newer indice +s autobundle Snapshot recent latest CPAN uploa +ds Lockfile removed.
I'm currently at a loss as to where to go next with this one.

Thanks,

Bruce

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Re^3: trouble installing Device::USB
by Khen1950fx (Canon) on Aug 03, 2009 at 03:18 UTC
    cpan -fi Device::USB is done from the command-line. "-fi" is short for "force install". On the other hand, if you go into the CPAN shell, then you would use force install Device::USB.