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

We're having trouble installing perl modules in a google instance.
Anyone with any success stories, please let us know!
cpan is in;
sudo apt-get install build-essential is in;
Modules appear to install, yet a `find` turns up empty!

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Re: trouble installing perl modules in a google instance
by Anonymous Monk on May 03, 2020 at 14:53 UTC 
    sudo snap install google-cloud-sdk

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    sudo snap install google-cloud-sdk --classic

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    ERROR: (gcloud.compute.ssh) You do not currently have an active accoun
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Please run:

  $ gcloud auth login

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    gcloud auth login

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    gcloud compute ssh silly-instance --zone=us-central1-a

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    gcloud config set project vivid-cache-{junkynumbers}

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    gcloud compute ssh silly-instance --zone=us-central1-a

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    within "getting a google instance going", "buckets" are mysterious.

    vi to the rescue.

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      p.s.

      give them a chance to put the usual stuff in the / dir

      modules mentioned in inaccessible subroutines provoke pesky queries

      getting 6/7 improvement in thumb-twiddling

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        (comparing v5.24.1 to v5.26.1 re: the earlier complains of modules mentioned)
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