From:	Philip Durbin	Date:	Tue Aug 19 21:56:54 2008
Subject:	Re: Mac OS X: Cannot install HTML::Timeline, don't know what it is (was Re: timelines from GEDCOM files_

> On my Mac OS X box, however, I'm getting this error when I try to  
> install HTML::Timeline:
>
> [pdurbin@macbook ~]$ sudo -H cpan -i HTML::Timeline
> Password:
> CPAN: Storable loaded ok
> Going to read /var/root/.cpan/Metadata
>  Database was generated on Mon, 11 Aug 2008 22:02:56 GMT
> Warning: Cannot install HTML::Timeline, don't know what it is.
> Try the command
>
>    i /HTML::Timeline/
>
> to find objects with matching identifiers.
> [pdurbin@macbook ~]$
>
> I assume this is because the .cpan/Metadata database generated on  
> Mon, 11 Aug 2008 is too old to include HTML::Timeline, which is so  
> new.
>
> Can anyone please suggest how to update the .cpan/Metadata database  
> so I can pull down a new module?

Eventually, the database updated itself and I was able to install  
HTML::Timeline on my Mac.

Phil