From 2741d0139a84fde729dfb55988da2c5e6311193f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Melissa LeBlanc-Williams <melissa@adafruit.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2025 12:43:45 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Check for Python.h file needed for sysv_ipc

---
 setup.py | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d24a53d..ddfe51f 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 import io
 import os
+import glob
 
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
@@ -20,6 +21,12 @@ here = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
 with io.open(os.path.join(here, "README.rst"), encoding="utf-8") as f:
     long_description = "\n" + f.read()
 
+if not glob.glob("//usr//include//python3.*//Python.h"):
+    raise RuntimeError(
+        "This package requires a Python development environment. "
+        "Please install the python3-dev package for your distribution."
+    )
+
 board_reqs = []
 if os.path.exists("/proc/device-tree/compatible"):
     with open("/proc/device-tree/compatible", "rb") as f:
-- 
2.49.0