thank you that seems to move it along a tad further, next up:
BackupPC/DirOps.pm, which must be up some other tree:

  0#  apt-get install libbackuppc-xs-perl
...
  0#  PERLLIB=/usr/share/backuppc/lib ./backuppcfs.pl /mnt/b
Can't locate BackupPC/DirOps.pm in @INC (you may need to install the
BackupPC::DirOps module) (@INC contains: /usr/local/BackupPC/lib
/usr/share/backuppc/lib /etc/perl
/usr/local/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.26.1
/usr/local/share/perl/5.26.1 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl5/5.26
/usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.26 /usr/share/perl/5.26
/usr/local/lib/site_perl /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl-base) at ./
backuppcfs.pl line 68.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at ./backuppcfs.pl line 68.
*  2#  apt-get install libbackuppc-dirops-perl
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package libbackuppc-dirops-perl
  100#  apt-cache search backuppc
backuppc - high-performance, enterprise-grade system for backing up PCs
libfile-rsyncp-perl - Perl based implementation of an Rsync client
libio-dirent-perl - Perl module for accessing dirent structs returned by
readdir
hobbit-plugins - plugins for the Xymon network monitor
libbackuppc-xs-perl - Perl module for BackupPC
nagios-plugins-contrib - Plugins for nagios compatible monitoring systems
  0#


On Fri, Mar 20, 2020 at 12:35 PM Patrick McCabe <patrickm at citilink.com>
wrote:

> Have you installed libbackuppc-xs-perl?
>
>
> On 3/20/20 9:41 AM, gregrwm wrote:
>
> dropping a level off PERLLIB looks like some progress:
>
>   0#  PERLLIB=/usr/share/backuppc/lib ./backuppcfs.pl /mnt/b
> Can't locate BackupPC/XS.pm in @INC (you may need to install the
> BackupPC::XS module) (@INC contains: /usr/local/BackupPC/lib
> /usr/share/backuppc/lib /etc/perl
> /usr/local/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.26.1 /usr/local/share/perl/5.26.1
> /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl5/5.26 /usr/share/perl5
> /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.26 /usr/share/perl/5.26
> /usr/local/lib/site_perl /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl-base) at ./
> backuppcfs.pl line 67.
> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at ./backuppcfs.pl line 67.
>   2#
>
> but begs the question about BackupPC/XS.pm
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 20, 2020 at 8:02 AM gregrwm <tclug1 at whitleymott.net> wrote:
>
>> fascinating:
>>
>>   0#  perl -MConfig -le 'print $INC{"Config.pm"}'
>> /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.26/Config.pm
>>   0#  PERLLIB=/usr/share/backuppc/lib/BackupPC perl -MBackupPC::Lib -le
>> 'print $INC{"Config.pm"}'
>> Can't locate BackupPC/Lib.pm in @INC (you may need to install the
>> BackupPC::Lib module) (@INC contains: /usr/share/backuppc/lib/BackupPC
>> /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.26.1
>> /usr/local/share/perl/5.26.1 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl5/5.26
>> /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.26 /usr/share/perl/5.26
>> /usr/local/lib/site_perl /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl-base).
>> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted.
>>   2#
>>
>> so, huh?  didn't my 2nd post show that adding PERLLIB=/usr/share/backuppc/lib/BackupPC
>> satisfied it's search for BackupPC/Lib.pm?  i'm lost.
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 11:21 PM Patrick McCabe <patrickm at citilink.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Try this:
>>>
>>> $ perl -MConfig -le 'print $INC{"Config.pm"}'
>>>
>>> I get:
>>> /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.26/Config.pm
>>>
>>> You can also try
>>>
>>> PERLLIB=/usr/share/backuppc/lib/BackupPC -MBackupPC::Lib -le 'print
>>> $INC{"Config.pm"}'
>>>
>>> and see if that gives you the same answer.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 3/19/20 8:36 PM, gregrwm wrote:
>>>
>>> now it's looking for %Config.  hmm.  perhaps the script i'm trying to
>>> run here was built on a distro other than ubuntu and things are in
>>> different places?
>>>
>>>   0#  ./backuppcfs.pl /mnt/b
>>> Can't locate Fuse.pm in @INC (you may need to install the Fuse module)
>>> (@INC contains: /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.26.1
>>> /usr/local/share/perl/5.26.1 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl5/5.26
>>> /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.26 /usr/share/perl/5.26
>>> /usr/local/lib/site_perl /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl-base) at ./
>>> backuppcfs.pl line 59.
>>> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at ./backuppcfs.pl line 59.
>>>   2#  apt-get install libfuse-perl
>>>   0#  ./backuppcfs.pl /mnt/b
>>> Can't locate BackupPC/Lib.pm in @INC (you may need to install the
>>> BackupPC::Lib module) (@INC contains: /usr/local/BackupPC/lib /etc/perl
>>> /usr/local/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.26.1 /usr/local/share/perl/5.26.1
>>> /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl5/5.26 /usr/share/perl5
>>> /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.26 /usr/share/perl/5.26
>>> /usr/local/lib/site_perl /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl-base) at ./
>>> backuppcfs.pl line 66.
>>> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at ./backuppcfs.pl line 66.
>>>   2#  PERLLIB=/usr/share/backuppc/lib/BackupPC ./backuppcfs.pl /mnt/b
>>> Global symbol "%Config" requires explicit package name (did you forget
>>> to declare "my %Config"?) at /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl5/5.26/Fuse.pm
>>> line 130. Compilation failed in require at ./backuppcfs.pl line 59.
>>> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at ./backuppcfs.pl line 59.
>>>   255#
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 7:54 PM Patrick McCabe <patrickm at citilink.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> libfuse-perl - Perl bindings for FUSE (Filesystems in USErland
>>>>
>>>> $ sudo apt install libfuse-perl
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> in 3/19/20 7:12 PM, gregrwm wrote:
>>>>
>>>> sorry to be a perl sluggard, this should be easy for you bionic folks,
>>>> what's the best/proper bionic response to "Can't locate Fuse.pm in @INC
>>>> (you may need to install the Fuse module)"?
>>>>
>>>> apt-get install <what>
>>>> or
>>>> perl <what>?
>>>>
>>>> tia,
>>>> greg
>>>>
>>>>
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