[mltk] prints missing dev tools. Depending on distro print the possible package list.

1 files changed, 18 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/mltk b/mltk
index d6380a03..6a7ad23e 100755
--- a/mltk
+++ b/mltk
@@ -102,14 +102,25 @@ print_usage() {
 check_devtools() {
 	# Checking for needed development tools, compilers etc.
 	# Required: m4 make gcc g++ binutils
-	DEVTOOLS="gcc c++ g++ make m4 strip git depmod patch mksquashfs pkg-config qmake"		# 'strip' as marker for binutils
-	for i in $DEVTOOLS; do
-		which "$i" 2>/dev/null 1>&2 || { echo "Essential development tool $i not found - exiting."; exit 1; }
+	local DEV_TOOLS="gcc c++ g++ make m4 strip git depmod patch mksquashfs pkg-config qmake"		# 'strip' as marker for binutils
+
+	# DEV_CHECK marks missing dev-tools
+	local DEV_TOOLS_MISSING=""
+	for i in $DEV_TOOLS; do
+		which "$i" 2>/dev/null 1>&2 || DEV_TOOLS_MISSING+="$i "
 	done
-	 
-	# TODO make the script install the dev-stuff automaticly.
-	# Ubuntu: 	'build-essential', 'm4', 'squashfs-tools'
-	# OpenSUSE:	???	
+
+	if [ -n "$DEV_TOOLS_MISSING" ]; then
+		pinfo "You appear to be missing following development tools."
+		pinfo "Missing tools are: $DEV_TOOLS_MISSING"
+		pinfo "For $SYS_DISTRIBUTION you probably need to run:"
+		case $SYS_DISTRIBUTION in
+						pinfo "apt-get install build-essential m4 squashfs-tools" ;;
+        	        opensuse)               pinfo "zypper install -t pattern devel_basis" ;;
+                	*)                      perror "Cannot determine SYS_DISTRIBUTION: $SYS_DISTRIBUTION unknown!" ;;
+		esac
+
+	fi	
 }
 
 initial_checks() {