check for argparse

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/spice2 b/spice2
index 0761ab2..b9717f2 100755
--- a/spice2
+++ b/spice2
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import signal
 import os
 import sys
 import subprocess
-import argparse
 import atexit
 import socket
 import datetime
@@ -14,6 +13,12 @@ import shutil
 import itertools
 
 try:
+    import argparse
+except:
+    print "missing argparse. try: easy_install argparse"
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+try:
     import guestfs
     import hivex
 except: