Added check for qemu in virtualize script

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/virtualize b/virtualize
index b0923bf..dbeda75 100755
--- a/virtualize
+++ b/virtualize
@@ -16,5 +16,16 @@ Note that other qemu settings can be passed as well to further customize.\n"
   exit 1
 fi
 
+# Make sure qemu is installed
+if [[ ! $(which qemu-system-x86_64 2>/dev/null) ]]; then
+  echo -e "
+Qemu does not appear to be installed. If it is, be sure the path to its
+binary is in the environment PATH variable.\n"
+  echo "Current PATH variable value is:"
+  echo ${PATH}
+  echo
+  exit 1
+fi
+
 # Execute
 qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm -machine accel=kvm -vga std -m 2048 ${@}