From 1e059749704351a51f4f9985ce5c1f50dbd3430f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: cliffmccarthy <16453869+cliffmccarthy@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2025 09:27:59 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] feat: Make sure build-essential is installed

- The Python modules installed by initenv.sh require a compiler to build.
- Revised initenv.sh to check whether build-essential is installed
  before proceeding, if the system is based on Debian or Ubuntu.
---
 scripts/initenv.sh | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/scripts/initenv.sh b/scripts/initenv.sh
index b4dab1bc..7194f445 100755
--- a/scripts/initenv.sh
+++ b/scripts/initenv.sh
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ if command -v lsb_release 2>&1 >/dev/null; then
         echo "You need to install python3-dev for installing the other dependencies."
         exit 1
       fi
+      if ! dpkg -l | grep build-essential 2>&1 >/dev/null
+      then
+        echo "You need to install build-essential for building Python dependencies."
+        exit 1
+      fi
       ;;
   esac
 fi