[ABE.pm] -MCPAN problems

[Faber Fedor]

I went to install the Perl TK debugger (my fave) on my new box and it
turns out I didn't have it installed.  When I went to install it via the
CPAN module, it failed because Tk.pm wasn't installed. No biggie, I
thought, I've done this before.

This time, TK failed to install (the tail of the messages is posted
below).  From what little I could find on the internets [sic] this isn't
unusual, but I couldn't find a solution.

So, two questions:

1. When ptkdb didn't find Tk.pm installed, it failed instead of asking
me if it should install ("follow"?) the dependencies.  How do I re-init
the CPAN module to install the dependencies but asking me at each step?

2. How do I install Tk.pm?  I'll be happy to force it, I just don't know
how.

As promised, the tail of 'perl -MCPAN -e "install Tk"':

t/zzScrolled.................NOK 94# Test 94 got: "589x341+17+32"
(t/zzScrolled.t at line 104 fail #4)
#    Expected: "589x341+0+32" (Sizechk: geometry has not changed not
#    reset for -width => 80+(5))
t/zzScrolled.................FAILED tests 66, 94
        Failed 2/94 tests, 97.87% okay
t/zzText.....................ok
t/zzTixGrid..................ok
Failed Test    Stat Wstat Total Fail  Failed  List of Failed
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
t/listbox.t                 437   21   4.81%  365-366 375-380 391-392
394-398
                                              400-402 406 426-427
t/zzScrolled.t               94    2   2.13%  66 94
 (3 subtests UNEXPECTEDLY SUCCEEDED), 23 subtests skipped.
Failed 2/47 test scripts, 95.74% okay. 23/2619 subtests failed, 99.12%
okay.
make: *** [test_dynamic] Error 255
  /usr/bin/make test -- NOT OK
Running make install
  make test had returned bad status, won't install without force





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Faber                     

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