xgpsspeed: Add check for PYTHONPATH

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/xgpsspeed b/xgpsspeed
index 87ee771b..bcdb0143 100755
--- a/xgpsspeed
+++ b/xgpsspeed
@@ -28,7 +28,14 @@ from gi.repository import Gtk      # pylint: disable=wrong-import-position
 from gi.repository import Gdk      # pylint: disable=wrong-import-position
 from gi.repository import GObject  # pylint: disable=wrong-import-position
 
-import gps
+# pylint wants local modules last
+try:
+    import gps
+except ImportError as e:
+    sys.stderr.write(
+        "xgpsspeed: can't load Python gps libraries -- check PYTHONPATH.\n")
+    sys.stderr.write("%s\n" % e)
+    sys.exit(1)
 
 gps_version = '3.19-dev'
 if gps.__version__ != gps_version: