install libfuse-dev

sudo apt install libfuse-dev
# depending on the system
sudo adduser karl fuse
# then logout/login

# maybe
sudo apt install libhttp-headers-fast-perl

install those perl modules:

• Test::Pod
• GitLab::API::v3
• Smart::Comments
• Fuse
• Memoize

sudo cpanm Cookie::Baker
sudo cpanm GitLab::API::v3
sudo cpanm Role::REST::Client
sudo cpanm HTTP::Entity::Parser
sudo cpanm GitLab::API::v3

in gitlab UI, go to your profile settings, then Access Tokens.

• Enter a name
• check "access your API"
• then click "Create Personal Acess Token"

The easiest way is to define the following env vars:

• GITLAB_API_V3_URL: your GitLab API v3 API base. Typically this will be something like http://git.example.com/api/v3.
• GITLAB_API_V3_TOKEN: The API token to access the API with.