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in reply to force install in cpan

Try all caps, some exclamation marks and swearing
perl -MCPAN -e "FORCE! INSTALL! IO::Socket::SSL DAMMIT!"

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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.
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