From: Melissa LeBlanc-Williams <melissa@adafruit.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2023 02:08:51 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: Add better error message and explicity add to setup
X-Git-Tag: 8.22.3^2~1
X-Git-Url: https://git.ayoreis.com/Adafruit_Blinka-hackapet.git/commitdiff_plain/f0aecf0dd3198c8693385d19605a7c1abfa3895a

Add better error message and explicity add to setup
---

diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index aa64498..0e4f52e 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ if os.path.exists("/proc/device-tree/compatible"):
         or b"brcm,bcm2711" in compat
     ):
         board_reqs = ["RPi.GPIO", "rpi_ws281x>=4.0.0", "sysv_ipc>=1.1.0"]
+    if (
+        b"ti,am335x" in compat
+    ):  # BeagleBone Black, Green, PocketBeagle, BeagleBone AI, etc.
+        board_reqs = ["Adafruit_BBIO"]
 
 setup(
     name="Adafruit-Blinka",
diff --git a/src/adafruit_blinka/microcontroller/am335x/pin.py b/src/adafruit_blinka/microcontroller/am335x/pin.py
index 0986849..cce0239 100644
--- a/src/adafruit_blinka/microcontroller/am335x/pin.py
+++ b/src/adafruit_blinka/microcontroller/am335x/pin.py
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 """AM335x pin names"""
-from Adafruit_BBIO import GPIO
+try:
+    from Adafruit_BBIO import GPIO
+except ImportError:
+    raise RuntimeError("The library 'Adafruit_BBIO' was not found. To install, try typing: pip install Adafruit_BBIO")
 
 
 class Pin: