force install in cpan

Anonymous Monk has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Cher Moines
I am somewhat confused. I attempted to install a module using:
perl -MCPAN -e "force install IO::Socket::SSL"
and it rather unaccountably responded (ultimately) with:
make test had returned bad status, won't install without force
This was, to say the least, a little unexpected as I had used 'force'. I'm not particularly concerned about the error thrown by make test. I've been using an install of IO::Socket::SSL for ages that gave the same error at test time. But I'm not just trying to get IO::Socket::SSL working on a particular machine. I'm wanting to use CPAN to deploy a couple of modules on a load of different sites, so I need something repeatable that will work.
Does anyone know how I might talk more sternly to 'install' to make it continue?
A humble neophyte

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Re: force install in cpan by jettero (Monsignor) on Mar 27, 2007 at 15:24 UTC
I usually use this mess: `perl -MCPAN -e "CPAN::Shell->force(qw(install IO::Socket::SSL));"` It's not exactly intuitive and there may be a better way... but it works. It also hints at a larger API (CPAN, CPAN::Shell), which appears to have grown rather organically IMO. -Paul	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: force install in cpan by Anonymous Monk on Mar 27, 2007 at 15:27 UTC
Wow. ... and quick too I am not worthy	[reply]
Re^3: force install in cpan by jettero (Monsignor) on Mar 27, 2007 at 15:41 UTC
... and quick too It's all a matter of how big your generic cut and paste repository is. I happened to remember where to cut and paste from really fast. That is all. Keep everything and keep it well sorted. -Paul	[reply]
Re^4: force install in cpan by Anonymous Monk on Dec 11, 2013 at 08:51 UTC
Re^4: force install in cpan ( cpan -f -i -T Module ) by Anonymous Monk on Dec 11, 2013 at 08:58 UTC
Re: force install in cpan by Thelonius (Priest) on Mar 27, 2007 at 15:30 UTC
Try all caps, some exclamation marks and swearing `perl -MCPAN -e "FORCE! INSTALL! IO::Socket::SSL DAMMIT!"` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: force install in cpan by Anonymous Monk on Mar 27, 2007 at 15:35 UTC
This answer is far more appealing that the one that actually works. However I will ungratefully go with the latter.	[reply]

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