From 1637b4231c14c4d8488560a0f5e5b770f07e7601 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pieterhelsen <doccie@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 23 May 2021 12:05:00 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add install check for libpython3-dev and build-essential

---
 install.sh | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 2ddc178..8cb23b9 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+# Function that checks if a package is installed locally
+function package_installed() {
+  return dpkg -l "$1" &> /dev/null
+}
+
 # Check Python version
 if ! python3 -c 'import sys; assert sys.version_info >= (3,7)' 2> /dev/null;
 then
@@ -6,6 +11,12 @@ then
   exit 1
 fi
 
+# Check existence of required python build packages
+if ! package_installed libpython3-dev || ! package_installed build-essential; then
+  sudo apt-get update
+  sudo apt-get install libpython3-dev build-essential -y
+fi
+
 # Create virtual environment
 python3 -m venv venv